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John Roskam

Rule of law, not rule by lawyers

Letting the lawyers and a federal ICAC run all over politics would not restore confidence in the system. It would do the opposite.

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A federal Independent Commission Against Corruption would make Australia’s politics even more like America’s politics than it is already.

‘Americanised’ politics is the seemingly unstoppable transfer of the power of decision-making from the electorate and the process of politics to judges and lawyers and the process of law.

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John Roskam is a senior fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Connect with John on Twitter.
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/rule-of-law-not-rule-by-lawyers-20211006-p58xpo