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Two conditions enable courts to take the risk of nullifying the elections of ruling party candidates.
Lobbyists have long had unfettered access to NZ’s politicians. But recent scandals have highlighted the need for transparency to ensure corporations don’t wild too much influence over our leaders.
Researchers looked at a decade of political spending by the oil and gas industry and others engaged in climate policy. If money talks, one side had a giant megaphone.
News Corps announcement that it would cut 1 in 20 jobs is bad news for journalism, but does not necessarily mean the end of the company’s papers.
When people work together, they can move governments to action. Just ask the suffragettes. Still, few people do it. A psychologist explains why, and how to turn that around.
Businesses can spend huge amounts of money to influence Congress. But sizable lobbyist and campaign donations also go to state campaigns and lawmakers to influence policymaking.
Four companies contribute about 20 per cent of Alberta’s total revenue, giving them an enormous amount of control over the province’s finances and, by extension, politics.
Immigration judges must base their decisions to grant asylum to immigrant children on whether these children have realistic fears of persecution. But other factors influence those decisions.
New documents expose a chink in the queen’s armour of secrecy.
Some 44,000 people – about one-hundredth of 1% of the US population – have given $10,000 or more each to this election. So much money from so few donors inevitably distorts the political process.
Factors behind the hits and misses of the higher education sector in Kenya and East Africa. What needs to be done to address the problems.
Australian tabloid newspapers were once an important political force, the “voice of the people”. But these days relevance has been replaced by shrillness.
Today the Commonwealth has released data on political donations. It shows high levels of donations from the gambling industry to political parties.
A new report from Grattan Institute argues the secrecy and inequality surrounding who has “say” and “sway” in Canberra can be remedied – if politicians can just find the will to do it.
While the states are making improvements to their political donations laws and practices, Canberra still has a long way to go.
The changes are designed to meet criticisms from charities, universities and others, and to get a quick agreement with Labor on the legislation.
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Rodney Tiffen is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Associate professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
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Professor of Sociology, Brown University
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Jim Moran Professor of Strategic Management, Florida State University
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Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia University
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