Are Australia and New Zealand Corrupt? The Good, The Bad, The Ugly?

Australia and New Zealand have historically maintained steady in global corruption measures, but these rankings are declining due to corruption media coverage in both countries.

Rob Ward FCA, who is in charge of leadership and advocacy, will discuss Professor Michael Macaulay and Associate Professor of Administrative Policy at the New Zealand Government Administration Policy Dean. He has published numerous articles in the field of integrity, ethics, anti-corruption, and has worked with numerous government agencies and NGOs. Recent UNODC, the European Commission, and Transparency International

Michael was co-chair of the Ethical Administrative Ethics and Ethical Honesty on Permanent Research Group (EGPA), the former magistrate and served as a judge for seven years in the UK.

The discussion considers what this important tool is to explore that this decline may be due in part to the increase in our trade with countries with higher levels of corruption and to combat corruption It is to be.

The New Zealand economy is highly dependent on international trade and tourism. The United States is the third largest trading partner in New Zealand, after China and Australia. (New Zealand has a free trade agreement between China and Australia.) New Zealand imports from the United States in 2017 is $ 4.3 billion, accounting for 10.6% of New Zealand's total imports. US aircraft parts, agricultural machinery, medical and pharmaceuticals are the main products sold to New Zealand. The New Zealand economy is based on the export of agricultural products such as dairy products, meat, forest products, fruits, vegetables and wines. Dairy products are the main export items. New Zealand tourism is more important to the economy than dairy products in 2017 due to the decline in world commodity prices. New Zealand's exports to the United States in 2017 amounted to $ 3.8 billion (about 10% of New Zealand's total exports).

After the war, Australia and New Zealand joined the United States in 1951 and joined the regional security treaty ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, USA) (However, after the nuclear ship in 1985 was involved in a port dispute, the United States to New Zealand I refused my commitment). The UK 's pursuit of members of the European Community (since 1961) and accomplishments (1973) weakened the old business relationship with sovereign states and ended their privileges to enter the UK market. In the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, facing increasingly powerful (and sometimes contradictory) nationalist movements post-war colonization release was almost completely rushing, and the UK rarely maintained the territory I was not fighting to do. In 1956, the Suez crisis insulted the limitations of the UK, opposed the intervention of the UK, France, Israel against Egypt, which considered the risk of risking America's interests in the Middle East.