The Greens are today launching their policy to clean up politics and end the corrupting influence of big money on our democracy, so we can create a future for all of us.
\nAhead of the Australian Electoral Commission 17\/18 donations data release later this morning, Greens spokesperson for democracy Larissa Waters said:
\n\u201cIn the last six years the Liberals and Labor have taken more than $100 million in political donations from big corporations like mining and gambling companies, the big banks and wealthy property developers. We\u2019ll learn today how much that has increased in the last year.
\n\u201cThe return on investment is donors get one-on-one access to government ministers, and decisions that protect their corporate profits. Then some of those pollies get cushy lobbyist jobs when they retire.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s no wonder that 85% of Australians believe most politicians are corrupt.
\n\u201cThe major parties make decisions that prioritise the profits of their big donors. The rest of us are left with cuts to health, education and social services, rising costs of housing and energy bills, and a growing gap between rich and poor.\u201d
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\nThe Greens\u2019 plan would break the stranglehold corporations have on our democracy and restore integrity to politics, by:<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil we get transparency into the system and big money out of politics, we won\u2019t get the decisions that improve people\u2019s everyday lives,\u201d Senator Waters said. The Greens are today launching their policy to clean up politics and end the corrupting influence of big money on our democracy, so we can create a future for all of us. Ahead of the Australian Electoral Commission 17\/18 donations data release later this morning, Greens spokesperson for democracy Larissa Waters said: \u201cIn the last … Continue reading “Greens launch policy to clean up politics”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cUnlike the major parties, the Greens refuse to take donations from big corporations and lobbyists who want to influence our decisions. We can\u2019t be bought and we won\u2019t sell out.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ll be campaigning strongly on this policy as the election approaches, and will keep working in parliament before and after the election to deliver reforms.
\n\u201cPeople want their democracy back, and they deserve it. Money shouldn\u2019t buy access or outcomes. Our democracy is not for sale.\u201d
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\nLink to full policy:\u00a0https:\/\/greens.org.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2018-12\/Greens%202019%20Policy%20Platform%20-%20Restoring%20Integrity%20to%20Politics.pdf<\/a>
\nDirty Donations Campaign:\u00a0https:\/\/greens.org.au\/campaigns\/dirty-donations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"