Australian politics, especially NSW politics, is extremely corrupt. It really makes me wonder how this country isn't a failed state, like a 3rd world banana republic.
The clue is in the title there - it says nothing about the amount of corruption, only the perception of it. People notice the low-level corruption of petty officials asking for a few bucks, but they're largely blind to high-level corruption that takes place behind closed doors.
Perception, yes. Being on top of the CPI tells nothing about how well the country is doing. It merely highlights how bad the situation is even for the runner-up.
ksahoisright|2 years ago
I'll start. NSW is one of the leading sources of deforestation in the entire world: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/australi...
ksahoisright|2 years ago
alehlopeh|2 years ago
lucozade|2 years ago
[1] https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023
jdietrich|2 years ago
ksaho|2 years ago
The Coronation video only caught traction because of this man: https://www.youtube.com/@friendlyjordies/search?query=john John Barilaro, and he has been extensively documented, and his joining of Coronation real estate.
Real estate businesses have serious political power in Australia, this is well known.
bostik|2 years ago
EdwardDiego|2 years ago
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/29/corruption-inquiry-...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/01/icac-...
Police corruption is quite popular too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_into_the_New_...
That's just NSW, and at least they seem against corruption, Queensland is still fiercely proud of its hugely corrupt premier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh_Bjelke-Petersen
More Wikipedia cases from ICAC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Commission_Against...
michael1999|2 years ago