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Australia has a deteriorating global corruption ranking — and the mainstream media is ignoring it entirely.

 

You won’t read about it in the mainstream Australian media. The story is missing from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and a Google search reveals no coverage in any mainstream Australian media.

What is it that gets so ignored? Just the news that Transparency International (TI)’s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has put Australia in 18th place — the worst result Australia has ever received since TI’s new methodology in 2012.

 

BY 

Noel Turnbull

 

Since 2012 Australia’s score has dropped 12 points and our rank in the global index has plummeted 11 places (from 7th in 2012). Keen observers will note that in that period Coalition governments have been in power for eight of the nine years.

In contrast to our performance Papua New Guinea is improving and New Zealand shares equal first place.

Transparency International decided the index release timing and couldn’t be expected to take into account it was the day before Australia Day but you would think that someone in a newsroom somewhere in Australia might find the report newsworthy. They had a media release from the Transparency International Australia (TIA) CEO but that didn’t seem to excite any interest.

Serena Lillywhite, TIA CEO said in the media release on the report:

“Australia’s ranking on Transparency International’s global Corruption Perception Index has a hit a record low. The dramatic fall in Australia’s standing underscores the urgent need for the establishment of a national integrity commission with the full powers of a royal commission.

“Transparency International Australia has been sounding the alarm on Australia’s deteriorating global corruption standing for years. The latest results point to systemic failings to tackle corruption, foreign bribery and strengthen political integrity … as a matter of urgency.

“As we head into another federal election, political integrity and the health of Australia’s democracy should be a priority for every political candidate, party and voter.”

TIA has been calling for an effective national integrity commission for more than 10 years.

Lillywhite said:

“While we have been waiting for political action we have seen the rise and rise of the Australian public’s demand for national reform against corruption.

“In poll after poll, year after year, Australians have been stating loud and clear that they are concerned about the level of corruption and misconduct in Australian politics. Australians overwhelmingly want a strong national anti-corruption watchdog.

“Our record low score from TI’s global research proves that we cannot wait any longer. There is unfinished business – the federal government committed to establishing a commonwealth integrity commission more than three years ago — we need to act decisively to tackle corruption and restore trust and confidence in government and our democratic institutions.”

The Morrison government reason for inaction is obvious — it is the most corrupt government in our federal history and has far too much to hide and protect to allow a full investigation of its abysmal record. The Australian media seems to want to help them do so. But how come we are so inured to stories about corruption?

 

Read more:

https://johnmenadue.com/australia-is-more-corrupt-than-ever-but-the-media-stays-quiet/

 

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Note: The singular media and its plural medias seem to have originated in the field of advertising over 70 years ago; they are still so used without stigma in that specialized field. In most other applications media is used as a plural of medium. Gus, a non-latin expert, prefers MEDIA as plural word...

self-serving religious arse...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Religious Discrimination Bill comes at great cost, writes managing editor Michelle Pini.

 

SINCE ROLLING Malcolm Turnbull to take over as PM, Scott Morrison has been beholden to only one overriding agenda.

He told us as much in his maiden speech to Parliament back in 2008.

So, we can’t say we weren’t warned.

Morrison has indicated a personal preoccupation with this personal agenda by his superficial response and often outright indifference to every other issue, problem or national emergency during his prime ministership.

So, we can’t say there weren’t numerous signs.

And he has demonstrated his personal fixation with this “cause” at every opportunity, making rambling speeches, heralding its impending introduction and selling it with the ardour of a religious zealot — which, of course, he is.

So, it’s not as though it came as a shock.

And, now that we are finally witnessing the fruits of Morrison’s obsession in the Religious Discrimination Bill – an aptly named piece of proposed legislation since it aims only to discriminate – it could hardly have been more obvious if it was displayed in neon lights, like a slogan at a fast-food restaurant.

Scott’s mission has been laid out clearly, in all its happy-clappy glory for all who wished to see, as glaringly simple and as two dimensional as the man himself. It consists of promoting himself to attain and retain power – in line with the prosperity doctrine on which his faith is based – and then propelling into prominence the extreme views of his Pentecostal religion on a hapless populace.

 

The introduction of the Religious Discrimination Bill is now before Parliament (again) representing the culmination of all that Scott has worked so hard to attain.

And this Bill doesn’t just mean the achievement of Morrison's long-held mission, it comes at the expense of all the other issues of significance that this Government, under his leadership, has failed to act upon, such as:

  • the criminal neglect of the aged;
  • the climate emergency;
  • management of the pandemic;
  • rights of Indigenous Australians;
  • the plight of refugees held indefinitely against international law;
  • the establishment of a federal anti-corruption body;
  • the ever-increasing equality divide; and
  • the nation-wide sexual abuse and domestic violence epidemic.

Yesterday (9 February), sex abuse survivors and advocates Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame addressed the National Press Club. And they did not hold back.

Brittany Higgins revealed that following her rape allegation, the release of the Deputy PM's text message implied that the Prime Minister was aware of the alleged crime, despite claiming ignorance.

 

READ MORE:

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/scotts-religious-devotion-sacrifices-sex-abuse-survivorsplus-all-non-god-botherers,16033

 

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