International Law

Movement at the station on transparency and accountability for parliamentarians

The Australian: "Call for more transparency in electorate payments"
ABC Online: " Rudd open to MP allowance reform" and "MPs employing family "bad form": Abbott"
SMH:"We have to make allowances, but guidelines could be clearer" and "Perks and lurks or tools of the trade" and "Full list of federal MPs entitlements"

Almost an anniversary- the first post on this blog about the need for reform in this area was on 24 May 2006.

Update: Special round of applause to the Daily Telegraph for digging out these gems concerning use of our money by NSW parliamentarians.

Full post as published by Open and Shut on May 21, 2009 (boomark / email).