Australian voters live in stark reality: struggling to put food on the table as so-called ‘business leaders’ pay up to $110,000 for access to senior politicians in the major parties.
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These 'intimate dinners' are just one more secretive way the big parties maintain their cozy relationships with big corporations and let their money influence policy decisions.
As the Greens have long pointed out, these ‘pay-to-play’ events ensure that those with the deepest pockets get a seat at the table, while ordinary voters are left behind.
This is exactly what we saw with Labor’s dirty deal with the Liberals on electoral reform, and the Prime Minister dumping his own Nature Positive bill at the behest of the mining industry —further cementing the influence of big money in Australian politics.
While politicians may claim that these high-value fundraisers are simply about campaign financing, it’s clear that they are part of a much larger system designed to keep power in the hands of the wealthy.
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