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Letter to Anthony Albanese 20 Jan 2023
Terms and Documents
Discussion Paper Annexure A
Annexure B
Pork-barrelling
Pork-barrelling
is governments spending the
Public Purse
to win votes to retain office and thereby
corrupts electoral politics.
"Hoare defines pork barrelling as the
‘selective geographical allocation of publicly- controlled funds and
resources for the purpose of gaining votes from electors in the locations so
advantaged’.
Leigh similarly defines pork
barrelling as ‘the practice of targeting expenditure to particular districts
based on political considerations’.
This paper defines pork
barrelling as the distribution of public resources to targeted electors for
partisan purposes."
Pork-barrelling
is -
a)
The
allocation by elected governments of public funds and resources to target
electors for partisan political purposes.
b)
Using
public money
to target
certain voters
for political gain
is wasteful
and undermines
trust in
governments.
Refer:
Pork-barrelling
- Adverse Consequences
Pork-barrelling - Blatant
instances of targeting marginal seats
Articles and Audit Reports that Evidence and Denounce Pork-barrelling and
Wasteful, Reckless Major Infrastructure Projects
Pork-barrelling
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Ending it
Wasteful, Reckless Major Infrastructure Projects with Major Cost Blowouts
Below is an extract from
The huge $28 billion cost of transport infrastructure cost blowouts
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Grattan Institute
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Marion Terrill -
24 Oct 2016
"Such
recklessness is not tolerated in other sectors with similar levels of public
investment. The $123 billion Future Fund has an independent board of guardians;
its legislation requires investment decisions to be made at arm’s length from
government; and it tables its annual report and financial statements in
Parliament. Transport infrastructure investment by Australian governments is
about the same size – $141 billion since 2000 – and should attract the same
public scrutiny. It does not."
Pork-barrelling should be
banned under ministerial code: ex-ICAC boss
- The Australian - 17 March 2023
"The former
chief of the NSW corruption watchdog has called for a ban on pork barrelling to
be included in the federal Ministerial Code of Conduct, arguing that allocating
public money for a party-political benefit can amount to criminal conduct."
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