1 Rolling out the regional pork barrel: A threat to democracy? Scott Prasser Faculty of Business, University of the Sunshine Coast and Geoff Cockfield Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland Discussion Paper 22/07 (December 2007) Democratic Audit of Australia Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia http://democratic.audit.anu.edu.au The views expressed are the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Democratic Audit of Australia.