Chiding in plain sight
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Inside the Taxpayers’ Union’s in-your-face push for change. Part 1 of a 2 part series.

What we’re seeing is an increase in the number of ways that people can influence electoral outcomes, and the formation of public opinion, free from public scrutiny. […] The label I would put on all this stuff is privatisation of democracy.

Dirty politics 2.0

  • DaveMA
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’m not sure what there is to say here. We know they campaign for the right and I’m pretty sure it was assumed to be run by rich donors.

    It’s shit and the rules should change, but will they? Not for the next three years, I’d be pretty sure.

    • DaveMA
      4·
      11 months ago

      One thing that bothers me is that this group has actively registered to say they are campaigning politically, but the donorship transparency rules don’t apply to them. It’s effectively an organisation set up to campaign for Act where Act lobbiers can donate without having their names made public.