I have been thinking similar thoughts about what #SportsRort #RoboDebt
et al say about the decay of legality and an apparent abondonment of any aspiration of Rule of Law in our political class - and increasingly the public service #auspol #auslaw
theguardian.com/australia-news…
There seems to be a supine acceptance that major legal problems, but it is being assessed in solely political terms
The constitutional problems with #SportsRort are explicitly excluded from review
The administrative law issues (profound and incontrovertible) are ignored on the basis that no one is going to go to the trouble and expense given the restricted remedies available
It is not clear how to arrest this trend. A federal ICAC may be part of it, but it seems this creeping culture is deeper and (potentially) more corrosive than corruption/abuse of office.
Our system depends upon genuine commitment to RoL - & struggles when it is ignored
(see #Trump #impeachment )
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