In a thoughtful article in The Daily, Michael Pascoe reminds us of the human obligation of governments, individuals and communities who are better off in terms of wealth, influence and power responsibly giving back to others.https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2024/01/06/michael-pascoe-scary-world"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."
Yesterday, our Federal
Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher, launched a draft code of ethics for government
suppliers. Our politicans should adopt this for themselves!
‘‘The Commonwealth
expects its suppliers to conduct themselves with high standards of ethics such
that they consistently act with integrity and accountability,’’ according to
the proposed code.
‘‘Ethics is
considered to encompass, at a minimum: honesty, integrity, probity, diligence
and fairness. Ethical behaviour also extends to not making improper use of an
individual’s position or benefiting from practices which may be dishonest,
unethical or unsafe.’’
(Source: Tom
Burton AFR)
The Labor, Liberal and National Parties continue to play to
their shrinking support bases on the old Right/Left Axis. The Greens seem
incapable of escaping the pull of their extremist influencers. The independents
(other than the Teals) flip-flop on policy as they seek relevance and favours
for their electorates.
Although imperfect and uncoordinated, only the Teals seek to
understand and strategise around the common interests of the major and centre part
of the electorate. Additionally, they look to understand the electoral need for
politicians to regain the public's trust through increased transparency, integrity,
and evidence-based policy development.
