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MARIAN SAWER. What can be done about political trust? The 2016 federal election inquiry
The major political parties largely control the process of electoral reform and judge any proposal by its possible partisan effects. Considerations of partisan advantage almost always take precedence over the restoration of public trust in the political system.
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