Public interest above all Former Supreme Court judge QC Tim Smith indicates,The risk of corruption in our current society is higher than it was when the Fitzgerald Report came out, because we have been outsourcing so many government services...(video included) He is also the founder of Accountability Round Table (ART), following the Wheat Boards payment to the Iraqi government to secure sales. At the Woodford [Folk] Festival in 2012, the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull said that it has never been easier for parliamentarians to lie and that they treat us with contempt. He expressly included himself. The pre-eminent principle for solving this critical conundrum was provided almost 2500 years ago by Plato, one of the progenitors of Western philosophy. The Greek thinker and teacher established the guiding ethical notion that those in public office hold positions of public trust and should therefore place the public interest above all other considerations. smh.au/national/protecting-the-public-is-key-to-resolving-conflict-of-interest-among-politicians-20141114-11mn6d.html#ixzz3JIIFX6Dl
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 04:00:17 +0000
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