Preventing Corruption
Corruption usually involves an abuse of power and/or an unjust expression of influence. To prevent corruption, it is first necessary to define the acceptable limits of political power, political influence and official authority. Australia has an adversarial legal system, inherited from a corrupt, expansionist regime in the 18th century. Adversarial practices are always aggressive and therefore corrupt. All aggression is corrupt. Corrupt practices can only be prevented in the present and future when the causes are fully understood. Non-corrupt politicians, legal practitioners and public administrators rely upon public interest journalism to provide an unbiased perspective on potential corruption. Tricksters draw attention towards themselves only to benefit themselves by doing so. They draw attention towards someone or something else when seeking to distract people and divert their attention away from deceptive practices. If you are not interested in preventing corruption, you a