What's dodgy about the proposed Australian political donations reforms? | Constitutional Clarion (www.youtube.com)

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[-] princessnorah 1 points 1 day ago

Did you even read the link they posted? This is pretty bloody convincing evidence, researched by an independent and trustworthy body not influenced by fuckos like Palmer:

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/new-polling-reveals-overwhelming-opposition-to-rushing-through-political-donation-laws/

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago

I see, I see. But isn’t everyone in agreement that political campaigns should be publicly funded? What is there to be upset about?

[-] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 points 23 hours ago

Would it be a good bill if donations were banned but only the two major parties get public funding?

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I don’t believe the bill is doing that, but yes. I’d sacrifice my left nut to get money out of politics.

[-] spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

You're right the bill does not do that. The point I'm making is that the way in which you remove money from politics is important, not just the removal of it. If the bill essentially removed the ability for any other group to run other than the two major parties then it's not a good bill.

Do you think that donations are the only way of biasing a party or candidate? How many have gone to work for consultants afterwards?