For this episode, regular host Robert Barrington is joined by two anticorruption experts from Australia. Nicole Rose is the Deputy Commissioner at The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and AJ Brown is a Professor of Public Policy and Law at Griffith University and the Chair of Transparency International’s (TI) Australian chapter.

Some of the main themes discussed in the episode include:

- The extent and nature of corruption in Australia

- The role of the newly-established NACC in addressing “grey corruption"

- Effective approaches to anticorruption measures

- The utility of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

- Uniquely Australian concepts of corruption

- Top priorities in strengthening the anticorruption system.

For more on corruption in liberal democracies, check out the previous episode: 134. Oguzhan Dincer & Michael Johnston on Corruption in America.

Find out more about AJ’s work here: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18540-a-j-brown

And the NACC here: https://www.nacc.gov.au/