New technologies and user-level data mean that wealthy companies can influence our politics in ways not open to ordinary people.
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Australian politics' 'revolving door' is undermining efforts to counter lobbying and potential corruption, and the regulation system is hopelessly flawed.
Despite impassioned pleas for gun control legislation after 2018's mass shooting at a Florida high school, Congress has failed to pass meaningful reform. Why doesn't policy follow public opinion?
A legal loophole could grant computer systems many legal rights people have – threatening human rights and dignity and setting up some real legal and moral problems.
The nation's biggest gun advocacy group operates as a bundle of distinct organizations. It's a fairly common arrangement, followed also by the likes of Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.
More than 180 individuals have moved between senior public service roles and the fossil fuel industry in Australia over the past decade - providing a golden escalator for former senior politicians.
Countries such as Canada offer Australia clear lessons on how to better police lobbying.
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville
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Senior Lecturer, Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Public Affairs, Roanoke College
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Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Loughborough University
