ALTRAV well yes it has been bound and tied and dumped by the side of the road.
BY politicians ON BOTH SIDES, remember, its founder Nick Greiner was its first victim,wrongly as it turned out.
KNOW too a sitting Magistrate saw it bound tied and dumped again.
Because it caught her out lying and showed a long term relationship with at least one criminal.
BUT yes it is locked away from touching the very filth we want it to, we however must not throw the baby out with the bath water.
We *need* such a thing, we *must* demand and never stop demanding it be free to do its job.
IF we win Eddie Obeid will not be lonely, about ten new friends every year, from all sides of politics will join him

Aren't they all supposed to be servants to/for the public ? So, why do we the Public, constantly provide these integrity lacking mutts with tickets to that disgusting bandwagon ?
Let's push for referendums on halfing the quota of Academic bureaucrats & replace them with people from the private sector.
We need people with a grip on reality at the helm not these theorising idealists with an overdose of greed & self importance.

Indi, I'd really like to agree, but humans being humans............... Where is this place where we can choose honest and mature, yet humble people to do our bidding?
Heck we can't even hire people to do menial tasks without them, skimming, scamming or just plain stealing off us.
You see this is one of the main reasons I like the Monarchy.
They do not have a hidden agenda.
They are already wealthy, so we know they are not going to steal off us.
They were 'born' into the job.
They have been 'training' for the job all their lives.
They are 'the parliament'.
Electing people like commoners and academics or even business leaders, has proven to be a failure.
Everyone has a personal agenda.
Everyone is trying to benefit themselves financially, so giving them the keys to the safe, is NOT the answer.
Our Justice system IS broken, and has been so for most of Australia's life.
So unless or until Australians get off their collective arses and have a revolution or get more involved with what goes on in govt, our justice system is going to get even worse.

indy in America the job of handing down justice often is sold, and even more often the end result is criminals on both sides of the bench.
I refuse to believe only private enterprise can fix it.
Good laws enforced by good people are not imposible but like ALTRAV said we need to demand better

Altrav & Belly,
That's why we desperately need a National Service. Morrison's stance on young unemployed people to work on farms is a good start. No need to break up married couples when there are so many singles to get out & about.
This work for the Dole should be made a "Do your time for the Nation" or "Incentive" scheme. Many young people would find what they're looking for by being in such a scheme. It would cost way less than the present system & would reward the victims of our badly managed economy rather than persecute them as it does now.
For far too many years now Governments have destroyed what little incentive there was. It's now time for incentive.

individual you have pushed that national service wheelbarrow for a very long time.
As you know we once had it.
Tell me what benefits we lost in giving it up.
Let me remind you how the Vietnam war saw dead national service kids in a war the west never intended to win.
A nation that requires its long term unemployed to serve the community, yes for sure.
But if you think national service is a cure all in my view you need to prove it