{"id":4054,"date":"2019-10-29T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2019-10-29T12:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:31:09","slug":"greens-welcome-qld-labors-step-towards-removing-the-toxic-influence-of-big-money-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/10\/29\/greens-welcome-qld-labors-step-towards-removing-the-toxic-influence-of-big-money-in-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens welcome Qld Labor\u2019s step towards removing the toxic influence of big money in politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greens MP Michael Berkman and Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters have welcomed Queensland Labor\u2019s announcement today that they will cap political donations and expenditure and increase public funding, but called on them to ban all corporate donations and cash-for-access meetings.
\nGreens MP Michael Berkman\u00a0<\/strong>said:
\n\u201cIt\u2019s great to see Labor adopting part of the Greens\u2019 plan to get big money out of politics in Queensland, but I\u2019m also calling on them to support my Bill to ban all corporate donations.
\n\u201cCorporate donations make life harder for everyday Queenslanders because it lets banks, lobbyists and mining companies set the agenda.
\n\u201cThere are still big questions for Labor to answer, including whether they are leaving union affiliation fees unrestricted as in Victoria, and whether they are cracking down on \u2018dark money\u2019 donations from associated entities like Labor Holdings and LNP Nominees.
\n\u201cBig money in politics was the first issue I raised in Parliament, starting with banning corporate donations. Just a month ago,\u00a0I wrote to the Premier about my plan to introduce a Bill to cap donations and expenditure<\/a>.
\n\u201cLast week in Question Time I asked the Premier to scrap cash-for-access meetings, so I call on Labor to urgently confirm that they will be banned.”
\nGreens Co-deputy leader and Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters\u00a0<\/strong>said:
\n\u201cPolitical donation data has consistently shown the major parties are owned by the mining, gambling, alcohol, property and banking industries. The caps brought in today will help reign in corporate interest and is a step towards restoring community confidence in democracy.
\n\u201cHowever, Queensland must go further in removing the influence of big money and start restoring integrity into our parliament.
\n\u201cThe Greens call on premier Palaszczuk to go further and adopt Greens policy to stop all MPs from accepting lobbying jobs for five years after they retire and a ban on all corporate political donations including from mining, property development and gambling industries,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greens MP Michael Berkman and Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters have welcomed Queensland Labor\u2019s announcement today that they will cap political donations and expenditure and increase public funding, but called on them to ban all corporate donations and cash-for-access meetings. Greens MP Michael Berkman\u00a0said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to see Labor adopting part of the Greens\u2019 … Continue reading “Greens welcome Qld Labor\u2019s step towards removing the toxic influence of big money in 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-4054","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\/4054","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=4054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}