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Labor’s ‘jobs for mates’ narrative lacks integrity

Rather than shift responsibility for appointments to unelected bureaucrats, isn’t it better to have the politicians in charge of decisions for which they can be held accountable?

Amanda StokerFormer senator

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Shakespeare put it well in Hamlet: “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

And so it is with too many politicians who claim to stand for higher standards of integrity, and too readily cast aspersions on political competitors.

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Amanda Stoker is a former senator and assistant minister to the Attorney General. She is the preselected LNP candidate for the Queensland state seat of Oodgeroo.

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