Accountability gap: how the NSW government enables corruption to flourish

An exclusive, government-funded corporate club demonstrates how deep the NSW government’s potential conflicts of interest go.
A winter’s day lunch held in July last year overlooking Sydney’s harbour showed off the city at its schmoozing best. It was also a snapshot of the kind of corporate, government and media mash-up which runs NSW, with little real accountability.
Here was a chance for business leaders to mingle easily with government representatives in a premium networking event. The main attraction was NSW Premier Gladys Berej