Australia over the concurrent terms of the LNP has dropped markedly in the Corruption Index dropping from 7th to 18th.

http://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021/index/aus

Alan Austin at Michael West spoke to the issue recently:

"Over the last ten years, the deterioration in Australia’s standing is the deepest of all advanced nations. From a 2011 score of 88, Australia tumbled 15 points to just 73 in 2021.

No other developed member of the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) has fallen that far in that period."

http://michaelwest.com.au/australia-hits-new-low-on-transparency-international-corruption-index/

Friendly Jordies also covered it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUg9CAbFH3o

What should we be asking of our politicians to turn this around? Will an ICAC be enough to halt the decline or will it take something else?

What should we be asking of our politicians to turn this around?
SteeleRedux,
In order to please voters, politicians have to stoop to the voters' level ! Voters have the power to install responsible Govt but with 49% of voters hell-bent to destabilise a Govt the changes for good, effective governing are out the window !
It's a mentality thing !

Dear individual,

This has occurred over the period of successive LNP governments. Why isn't the obvious solution voting them out? As to the notion that 'the voters made them do it' that is just buck passing.

Politicians should be better versions of ourselves. That is not always going to be the case but we have the right to expect it from the majority.

That growing corrupt practices are a feature of governments which have been in power too long probably has some element of truth as well.

Still it is hoped that the voters only put up with it up to a point.

Well, there you go. Corruption down in the last 10 years - under a Coalition government.

Dear individual,

Here is a well reference list from the Chasers. Funny how it takes a comedy company to illustrate the LNP's failings better than a compliant mainstream media but there you go.

http://chaser.com.au/national/an-exhaustive-list-of-the-liberal-partys-corruption-over-the-last-7-years/

A couple which stuck in my craw were:

"Broke a promise to scrap free lifetime travel for former ministers. The excuse is that the government is to busy to pass legislation through parliament, despite that being the job of the government and of parliament."

"Changed the ministerial code of conduct so ministers no longer have to sell shares which create a conflict of interest."

And now we learn:

"Health Minister Greg Hunt wrote and signed a glowing letter of commendation for a politically connected healthcare company while it was in the midst of negotiations with his department for lucrative multi-million-dollar PPE deals.

Canberra-based Aspen Medical would go on to win taxpayer-funded contracts — without a public tender — worth more than $1.1 billion.

After combined losses of $7 million over 2018 and 2019, these deals have seen the company's pre-tax profits soar to more than $420 million during the pandemic.

While Aspen Medical had no prior experience in such large-scale procurement, its PPE deals with the Department of Health were worth $500 million more than any other government supplier, including those with a background in the industry."

Of course their lobbyist was none other than former Liberal health minister Michael Wooldridge who is a close associate and former board member for Aspen Medical.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-02/aspen-medical-greg-hunt-four-corners/101022086

When are you going to give up on this lot?

Oops. I got that back to front. Not good news - if correct; but, given SR's pathological hatred of any government right of the CCP, and given that haters and extremists can find something that fits their views on good old Google if they try hard enough and are fanatical enough, I will take it with a grain of salt.

As for this Friendly Jordies that SR is deeply in love with, and can't help chuntering on about, I believe he was recently in trouble with the law for something he broadcast.

If we get a Labor government, SR will be struck dumb. There is no point in constantly rubbishing the Opposition, and he won't have a word to say against a Green/Teal Labor government.