Open letter to The Speaker of the House of Representatives re Craig Thomson misleading the 43rd Parliament - Michael Smith News
#Hookergate: finis
#Hookergate: finis
Union and opposition calls for legal processes to take their normal
course in dealing with these types of allegations appear naive. They
advocate the pursuit of “rotten apples”. This is a discredited approach
to corruption analysis…
While criminal law retains an important role in attacking corruption,
police investigation and prosecutions alone rarely dent the structures
and cultures that sustain corruption…
A royal commission is better resourced than standing agencies to
undertake a root and branch examination… A royal commission that takes a
systemic approach to the examination of the issues, rather than one
mainly driven by criminal law standards, is less likely to look like a
witch-hunt against either corporate or union interests. It is more
likely to secure co-operation from otherwise reluctant sources holding
important information about corruption and intimidation.