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by sjy 1221 days ago
Source shows the opposite: although Australia is declining in the rankings, it remains in the top 10% of least corrupt countries.
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Thanks you are correct and I will fact check my posts a bit more next time.

I thought our last 15 years of politicians were massively unaccountable and corrupted by self-created taxpayer slush funds plus lobbyist megabucks, corporate kickbacks and post-politics directorships.

I suppose politicians everywhere are essentially driven by the same human frailties, yet mostly worse than what I am seeing locally!