Source shows the opposite: although Australia is declining in the rankings, it remains in the top 10% of least corrupt countries.
I thought our last 15 years of politicians were massively unaccountable and corrupted by self-created taxpayer slush funds plus lobbyist megabucks, corporate kickbacks and post-politics directorships.
I suppose politicians everywhere are essentially driven by the same human frailties, yet mostly worse than what I am seeing locally!