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Why can politicians so easily dodge accountability for their mistakes? The troubling answer: because they can

  • Written by Chris Aulich, Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, University of Canberra
Why can politicians so easily dodge accountability for their mistakes? The troubling answer: because they canDamian Shaw/AAP

In recent days, the issue of government accountability was brought into sharp focus — again — when NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian admitted that community grants awarded primarily to councils in Coalition seats ahead of the 2019 state election was pork barrelling.

In defence, she said the practice of pork barrelling was...

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