Talk:List of Australian political scandals
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[edit] various earlier comments
No mention in here of the most famous scandal, the Australian Constitutional Crisis of 1975. Is there a reason the Dismissal is left out? 58.105.105.1 07:11, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
- The list is incomplete - please feel free to add missing entries. --Rj 07:21, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
The AWB scandal needs to be added, and maybe the Kennett-Peacock phone call too (unsigned)
How about the alleged sweetheart deal between the Bracks Government and gaming corporations, mediated by former Labor parliamentarian David White?
[edit] what is the definition of events which should falls into this list
Would 2004 Palm Island death in custody qualify for this article? what is the criteria for what is a major political scandal? Thanks, WikiTownsvillian 06:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I think this is a bit of a silly category. Some of these are true scandals, but I think many of them would be better termed "controversies". The word "Scandal" is by very nature POV, given that it means "A publicized incident that brings about disgrace or offends the moral sensibilities of society". You couldn't call the Tampa incident a "scandal" unless you were being heavily POV. Definitely a controversy but not a scandal. Id argue against "Children Overboard" being included either since once again, it is totally POV whether or not it "brought about disgrace etc". The same goes for things like the deportatiosn of Rau and Solon. Scandals? hardly. 70.189.213.149 15:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
