There should be an absolute ban on all gifts. Politicians should set examples. They have to take the moral high ground or their privilege and power are open to the perception of corruption and the abuse of such power. -Maralyn Lai The Civil Service is already overstaffed and hiring people to monitor and record all gifts and favours given to senior politicians in government and opposition would be an absolute waste of taxpayers' money. Far better to give those in ministerial positions a clothing allowance so they can look as good as anyone else and ban all other gifts that might seem to be a way of influencing them. Leave the media to do the monitoring at their expense and expose those politicians who over-receive favours. At the same time, pay the top people in government higher salaries to match those in the Civil Service. With this in place, it would be up to individual politicians to take their own risk to accept more at their peril. -Albert Wright I worked for a local authority for many years and it was absolutely clear to me that gifts from clients were not allowed. I had assumed this was also the rule for politicians and all government employees. Any gift can be construed as a bribe no matter how innocently said gift might be offered by grateful clients. -Robert Murphy | 
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