Transparency
Transparency’s all the rage these days. And accountability. Politicians and public servants promise lots of both. “Our commitment to transparency is evidenced by our actions,” Kristina Keneally declared in parliament in November 2009.
With Kristina’s words ringing in my ears I approach a NSW government department with a request for an interview. “We value transparency”, its website declares, “the exchange of current and relevant information.”
This will be easy, I think to myself.
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Coalition Senator Michael Ronaldson decries the current mixed funding system of elections in his post on the Punch last week.
Early last year the newly elected Government introduced the Commonwealth Electoral Amendments (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2009 to the Senate to make political donations more transparent. However the bill was defeated by Liberal Senators who did not want to clean up our campaign finance system.
Australia has a very clean electoral system by world standards. While we don’t hear complaints in Australia that elections have been rigged, the funding system is in need of some reform.
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Peter says:
“the Coalition at least in its recent Turnbull incarnation had a unity ticket with the Greens Political Party to ban all donations to parties, from individuals and organisations! “ This is a lie - the Libs have only said that donations from business and unions should be banned. In fact,… Read more »
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Pablo says:
“Interesting to see that none of the Green’s party advocates (on this site) dispute that they want to stick Australian tax payers with a $500 million bill to fund all political parties. Quite understandable, when you consider the naked self interest of the Green’s Party. They don’t get union or… Read more »
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