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State politics may prove a boon for Julia Gillard — look at Queensland’s troubled Coalition crew. But how much will the ghost of NSW Labor haunt Gillard, as ICAC continues?

New evidence has emerged from the Leveson inquiry that demonstrates the remarkable extent of News International’s involvement with the UK government.

In its first eight months of operation, the Office of the Racing Integrity Commissioner has launched investigations into two separate complaints about misconduct in the Victorian racing industry, writes Swinburne University journalism student Lauren McShanag.

Thanks to President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — known as the Iron Lady — it seemed like the former African basket case was finally stable. But corruption has crept back into politics. Has the Iron Lady gone a bit rusty?

Wall St may get the headlines, but it isn’t the most corrupt industry (well, okay, it did come second). Daily Beast put together the list with a global anti-corruption think tank, putting the media as more corrupt than mining.

Putting Carl Williams on the front page of the Herald Sun outraged at “benefits” he was receiving was a mind-blowingly stupid idea and it was no surprise he was killed on the same day, writes Lionel Elmore.

In the filthy waters of the state of Victoria, the media will have to move carefully indeed to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. Take the case of Carl Williams.

A look back on the life of the longest serving member of the US house John Murtha shows a politician “corrupt in a completely, traditionally American way”, writes Jenn Kepka.

Claims of police corruption have hit the QLD police again, with up to 20 police hauled in for secret questioning and accusations of drug and organised crime activity. Is another Fitzgerald Inquiry needed? asks Madonna King.

Australia is on the verge of getting its second minority Labor government that must rely on the support of Greens to govern, NZ is the least corrupt country on Earth, the stupidity of wine medals and more.

Watchdog Transparency International has released its annual list ranking the world’s most — and least — corrupt countries. Heading the list is Somalia, while Australia is the eighth least corrupt.

Former French president Jacques Chirac will be trialled for misappropriating public funds during his nearly twenty years as mayor of Paris. Will the French justice system hold Chirac and other dodgy high profile pollies to account? No guillotine necessary.

Nathan Rees has been unable to stop the ‘soap opera’ of NSW politics, with the murder of businessman Michael McGurk opening up a Pandora’s box of corruption claims in NSW politics, thanks to an allegedly incriminating video.

There isn’t a ‘media blackout’ occurring in East Timor, rather lots of factually incorrect stories that ignore the East Timorese government’s focus on anti-corruption campaigns.

Queensland has long held the unlucky title of Australia’s most politically corrupt state. Is it their dispersed pollution? Low incomes? What encourages a culture of political corruption?

Tony Fitzgerald, the man who 20 years ago led the inquiry into Queensland’s government corruption, isn’t interested in shades of grey. No wonder former Premier Peter Beattie hit back today against his anniversary speech.

The former deputy governor of Bank Indonesia — and brother-in-law of President SBY — has been sentenced to 4½ years jail for corruption. It’s a sign that Indonesia is taking graft seriously.