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Political parties’ lack of transparency just doesn’t stack up
Revelations in the past week of branch stacking in the Labor Party in Victoria and misuse of travel allowances across the political spectrum come just as...
Every now and then someone gets caught stacking or rorting and is removed, but the endless recurrences across all parties suggest the problem is endemic.
- Crispin Hull
- The Canberra Times
To use a domestic simile, the institutional response is like someone cleaning the kitchen benches and floor which will have to be done again and again…
It is in the interest of the leaders of all parties to clean up the mess.
For example, Victorian Premier Daniel…