"A free press is an imperfect pain in the arse but the alternative is worse." Terrific column by @CUhlmann https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-criminal-on-the-pm-s-plane-and-other-absurdities-of-a-secretive-democracy-20191022-p532y8.html … via @smh
Just like Winston Churchill's timeless quote: "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."