How to respond to 'ute-gate': time for political donation reform...

Hi everyone, 

Like anyone else interested in politics, I have been following the whole silly 'ute-gate' affair: firstly with amusement, then with disbelief. Watching Treasurer Wayne Swan call an Opposition backbencher a 'moron' in Parliament last week, I was struck by the growing resemblance between the behaviour of politicians during question time and a pre-match interview of the World Wrestling Federation.

I write the following article for the Centre for Policy which can be accessed here and relates how we can use the affair to achieve some real reform around political donations...

Cheers, james