Mr. Smith's brave act should be an impetus for others to expose their own knowledge of morally bankrupt business practices, and to reveal even more shocking truths about our broken system.
The Department of Health had been set to press ahead with the change despite warnings that it could undermine home visits, widen health inequalities, put vulnerable patients at risk and "bankrupt" rural practices.
As former treasurer Wayne Swan said in parliament recently, the inquiry has "drawn attention to the legally questionable and ethically bankrupt tax practices of some Australia's most senior corporate citizens" and that "tax avoidance on such a grand scale impoverishes us all" because there is not enough in the government's coffers to pay for essential services.
Anybody who had done well under its rule might be deterred by the fate of some opposition politicians in the past variously ridiculed, sued for defamation, exposed in their peccadillos, disbarred from legal practice, bankrupted, or in exile.Yet, besides the PAP, six small parties contested this poll.
He was also bankrupt, his small Philadelphia practice being $500,000 in debt.
It's unsustainable for airlines to continue selling seats at a loss to maintain market share if continued, that practice will bankrupt the weaker companies and burn through the cash reserves of the stronger ones.
It's a bankrupt system that we practice here and we have college graduates that can't even get health coverage.
"I'm practically bankrupt.
More than 20 such "independent practice associations" went bankrupt last year, and many are insolvent, while 23 hospitals have closed.
In the obituaries for the late tycoon, it's been customary to distinguish between two Alan Bonds: the bad Bond who was a shonky bankrupt jailed for criminal business practices and the good Bond, who did Australia proud at Newport.
