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Back to EpisodesCould Pork Barreling Be A Crime?
Published 3 years, 8 months ago
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Pork-barrelling – defined as the practice of allocating government grants to curry political favor within certain electorates - can constitute corrupt conduct according to a new New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption report.
On the podcast today we speak to Barrister Stephen Lawrence about the findings and whether or not the process of pork barreling can be legislated against.