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Australia is out of the top ten in global anti-corruption rankings — why?

  • Written by Adam Graycar, Visiting Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Australia is out of the top ten in global anti-corruption rankings — why?Lukas Coch/AAP

The latest global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) rankings places Australia at 11 out of 180 countries.

This is behind countries like New Zealand, Denmark and Germany and on par with Canada, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

For almost 20 years, Australia ranked in the top 10 (least corrupt) countries. In 2012, Australia ranked 7th...

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