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Food safety issues are at heart political.
Giving Australia's lobbying laws teeth, and a sizeable regulatory jaw to occasionally brandish them, is a major step in the right direction.
Countries such as Canada offer Australia clear lessons on how to better police lobbying.
When even the most senior politicians go on to work as lobbyists, it can profoundly undermine democracy.
The Property Council of Australia, a lobby group representing the biggest real estate developers, has shaped election debate about negative gearing and some taxes.
The ACF has retreated from an "insider" approach of lobbying politicians for policy change, towards a more grass-roots approach, harnessing community support. And it seems to be working.
The Business Council of Australia speaks for the big end of town - but does it still have the ear of government?
Lobbying in Australia is a multi-billion dollar industry which employs a sophisticated strategy to win public opinion and political favours for its clients or members. Here's how.
The AMA has campaigned heavily on the Medicare rebate freeze, pointing out its potential impact on patient access if out-of-pocket costs were to increase.
Not all lobbying is bad. Some of it does a lot of good.
Feature films and television shows notoriously play fast-and-loose with the facts. When prologues proclaim “Based on a True Story,” they’re gracefully implying that what follows is mostly fiction. Awards…
Criticism of the food industry has itself become a niche industry. But the tendency to embrace a US-centric conception of how the industry works risks masking local variants and inhibiting a targeted response…
I had better declare an interest: it’s that sort of week. I co-edit a journal called Interest Groups and Advocacy. This is of no interest to HMRC, but the journal’s name merits examination in the context…
New research has quantified the value for US Lobbyists of having friends in high places. The study found lobbyists’ revenue…
The inversion of reality and morality has been a long-standing attribute of the climate “debate,” which reached a new watershed low a few days ago with the latest travesty from the Heartland Institute…
When was the last time the head of a national lobby group led a national initiative in the national interest, way beyond the comfort zone of the majority of their constituency? Where are the national leaders…
Powerful lobby groups that oppose genetically modified (GM) food are threatening public acceptance of the technology, hampering…
MEDIA & DEMOCRACY: On the final day of The Conversation’s series on how the media influences the way our representatives develop policy, John Keane examines how the relationships between politicians…
MEDIA & DEMOCRACY: Today, Anne Tiernan looks at how voters have become consumers of political marketing, as part of The Conversation’s week-long series on how the media influences the way our representatives…
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Politics. Dean (Engagement) Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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DECRA Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Peter Phibbs is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Aberdeen
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President, Center for Conservation Biology, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University
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Doctoral researcher in public health law, University of Sydney
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Professor an der Polizeiakademie, Royal Holloway
