I find myself agreeing with the caping of donations at $30000 but also the public register of lobbyists is a fantastic addition. Get big influence out of our politics!

  • Hal@piefed.nz
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    16 days ago

    I’d be very curious to see how orgs like the Taxpayer’s Union or Hobson’s Pledge fit in. They are campaigning for our political parties but are not those parties, most of their work is not in actual campaigning but in sewing seeds of doubt or pushing certain views among the public.

    I guess what the Greens are proposing is a lot better than the current state, especially the standdown between being an MP/minister and being allowed to join a lobby group.

    • MadPsyentist@lemmy.nzOP
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      Yeah that MP to Lobbyist pathway is a joke.

      1. Become MP
      2. Gain lots of political contacts
      3. Learn the ropes of parliment
      4. Gain lots of industry contacts
      5. Leave politics to be lobbyist
      6. Profit!