1st March 2008. The nature of political donations to politicians is unfolding in our daily newspapers with the enquiry into a massive scandal involving developers, local councillors and state parliamentarians. Our State Premier Morris Iemma has made a token gesture to limit donations, but come on Morris – we all know this cancer on democracy will only be eradicated by the drastic surgery of outlawing donations completely.
‘Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them’
