Bro, if you are talking about Queensland, it’s a land of light and sunshine compared to the days of Joh Bjelke-Petersen
vas@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Does that sound legit? 😮 (I currently live in Europe, considering to move to AU. I’d rather have a realistic overview, with ups and downs presented fairly, so I’m curious.)
discozombie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
As a backdrop, Australia is among the top 10 least corrupt countries in the world.
The QLD Crime and Corruption Commission website has many examples of the kind of corruption they find. It’s mostly to do with procurement and employment fraud, conflicts of interest, occasional dodgy police and major crime ie organised crime.
It is true the CCC is grossly under resourced and in need of reform, however as with many anti-corruption bodies, they become politicised and in this case the state government (either persuasion) is dragging the chain.
vas@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Thanks for the response!