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My home state of Queensland, Australia, was ruled for a couple of decades by an increasingly corrupt, hard line, right wing regime, which favoured gerrymanders, secrecy, intimidation, and lies over democracy, due process, equity, and accountability.
Then, one day in the late 1980's, a corruption scandal started to get a little traction. No one paid too much attention at first - we'd seen scandals before and they'd all been covered over, hushed up, paid off.... or disappeared.
So, a compalcent governement appointed an investigator to hold an inquiry. However, this time, the investigator actually did his job. He got the terms of the inquiry expanded. He heard evidence from everyone and he pursued the investigation with conviction and independence. And, finally, he brought down the whole house of cards. The government fell and that party has been a thin, spent force ever since.
The investigator's name was Fitzgerald.
Here's hoping...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgerald_Inquiry
