The game's up: Premier admits rotten donations culture must end


	The game's up: Premier admits rotten donations culture must end

tabsey

2-23-2008 5:01 AM

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corrupt, politicians

tabsey says:

Be wonderful if this spread and a better system of fund allocation could take some of the corruption out of politics. No politician can argue that they have not been corrupted while they depend on donations of money for election campaigns.

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