When Transparent Governance Goes Too Far

I struggle at times explaining to my friends why I love politics the way I do.

A lot of people have the idea that politics is all about playing games and less about improving our country.

At Parliament House, I spend time in committee rooms where I see the opposite of this concept; I see people working collaboratively to build a better future. However these moments are rarely reported in the newspaper; they even more seldom make it to the 7pm news.

Great outcomes of committee rooms rarely make it to public consumption. What does make it into the newspaper are scandals and political games.

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC has now raised nine cases of ministerial misconduct. Earlier this week, the case on Angus Taylor was thrown out, which now means none of these nine cases have been considered to be of merit. The Shadow-Attorney General is an intelligent man with a robust legal career spanning over 20 years, who would be well aware of which cases would be thrown out and which would be actioned further. It is clear that these allegations are a form of a political game. I understand political games are part and parcel when it comes to politics. They are a tool for leveraging political colleagues and advocating for certain agendas. What is unfortunate, however, is that these instances receive a…