Types of Corruption in Australia and Strategies to Reduce it

Corruption
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2

Corruption
Types of corruption..........................................................................................................................2
 Electoral fraud......................................................................................................................2
 Bribery..................................................................................................................................3
 Slush fund.............................................................................................................................3
Strategies that should be considered by the government so that rate of corruption can be reduced
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Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6
Appendices......................................................................................................................................7
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Corruption
Introduction
Corruption is known as one of the factor which is related with taking advantage for own use and
it is the behavior which is illegal of the individual to attain the profits for their personal use. In
the present era, it can be analyzed that corruption is considered as the social evil which exist in
the society. If focus is given on the routine activities, it can be seen that it is increasing and
impacting the overall country economy. It is a method in which individual offer something to
some other person and in return the individual finish the task which is given. Corruption is not
ethical in the eye of law and also for this punishment can be given to the individual who is
engaged in these operations.
There are various types of corruption that will be explained in the paper and the home country is
Australia. The discussion will be related to corruption in Australia. The strategies will be also
elaborated which are necessary to be considered by the government.
Corruption Types
There are various types of corruption. Corruptions that exist in Australia are many. The
corruptions that exist in the Australian society are Electoral fraud, slush fund and bribery.
 Electoral fraud
In Australia, Electoral Fraud falls under one of the types of corruption. It can be stated that these
types of corruption takes place at the time of elections as in this the manipulation is done of the
frauds. This type of corruption is done to enhance the votes of parties by impacted the other
parties vote. It can be said that fraud takes place when votes are given by the individual (Smith,
2016).
The political parties can attain the advantage of more votes by engaging in fraudulent activities.
The department of electoral commission has examined that there are 17,000 to whom the
questions are asked and these activities are done to enhance the votes of the specific parties
(Graycar, 2015).
The report issued by the charitable trust has 17 MILL registrations which are considered by
individuals who died and also their votes are considered as valid. The individuals who are died
and there are people who have done their registration in more than one state. So, the corruption
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