Is Corruption Rife?
We like to think of Australia as relatively free of corruption. Of course, that all depends on how you define it.
Lidia Thorpe has demonstrated the same traits that have led to our greatest policy failures. A lack of accountability and personal responsibility.
It's old news by now but what about the disgraceful conduct of Senator Lidia Thorpe.
She'd been celebrating a friend's birthday in a Melbourne strip club when she was filmed outside the building after the joint had closed around 3am.
Her behaviour then (and later) was the sort of stuff that confirms so many stereotypes.
Here's the video of her vile and racist outburst.