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Hospital graft claims 'unproven'

The Ministry of Public Health has rejected claims of widespread corruption involving health promotion and prevention funds at community hospitals.

Bangkok Post · Aug 8

Learning from temple scandals

Last year's temple scandals should have been a wake-up call for the religious affairs authorities to fix an opaque system that breeds corruption. Instead, it carries on as if nothing had happened.

Bangkok Post · Aug 8

Sepp Blatter lecturing Gianni Infantino is embarrassing for him, for FIFA and for football

The former FIFA President’s constant digs at his successor is a sad reflection of the state of the game

FourFourTwo · Aug 8

Smokescreens, sneakers, and mass-reporting: Balen’s online machine against Nepal’s press

Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah's asset disclosure, filed after his appointment in accordance with Section 50 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2002, listed social media — not his government salary — as his primary source of income.

Newslaundry · Aug 6

Victoria’s anti-corruption report reveals more grubby ‘whatever it takes’ politics than bombshell revelations

There has been no finding of corrupt conduct but of a corrosive abuse of power, trashing of good governance and the abandonment of proper processes

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5

Stern test from within

Less than four months after taking office, the government appears to be confronting the greatest threat to its survival -- not from an emboldened opposition, but from mounting pressures within its own ranks.

Bangkok Post · Aug 5

Ukraine’s former ambassador to US faces anti-corruption probe

Two days after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially dismissed Olha Stefanishyna as Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, she has been formally notified that she is a suspect in an anti-corruption investigation.

Euronews · Aug 5

A ‘staged’ meeting and a secret deal: how a union boss exerted ‘extraordinary influence’ on the Andrews government

Integrity experts say Ibac’s report exposes a deeper problem with Victoria’s anti-corruption laws

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sally McManus on how AI could force future cuts to HECS debts and work hours

The country’s top two union leaders, Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) secretary Sally McManus and president Michelle O'Neil, announced last week they’re stepping down from their roles by the end of the year.

The Conversation · Aug 5

'Screwed': ex-premier's brother fumes over factionalism

The brother of a former state premier became obsessive about stacking Liberal Party branches but felt slighted for not being paid for his endeavours.

AAP · Aug 5