We Need to Clean Up Politics

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People have lost confidence in politicians. Join our campaign to root out corruption from politics and build a democracy that works for everyone.

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Our parliament should work in the best interests of all Australians.

Yet our weak political donation laws mean that our democracy is for sale to the highest bidder.

Money shouldn’t be able to buy political influence, access or policy outcomes. Our laws on political donations need to be cleaned up, just like the old polluting industries that exploit them.

The major parties take millions in donations from big corporations every year. The Greens don’t take a cent. 

That's why the Greens have a plan to end dirty donations with a private Bill that would:

  • Ban donations from dirty industries like banking, mining, defence, pharmaceuticals, liquor, tobacco, gambling, and racing.
  • Prohibit big corporations from accessing government contracts or grants within 12 months of making donations to a governing party.
  • A proper cap on overall donations at $3,000 per term 

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OUR PLAN TO CLEAN UP POLITICS

If you’re disillusioned, disengaged, and losing faith in a system that prioritises corporate profits over public good, you’re not alone. The Greens offer a clear alternative. We don’t take donations from big corporations, so our community always comes first.

  1. Strengthening rules to crack down on lobbyists.
  2. Publishing ministerial diaries so we can see who’s meeting with who.
  3. Extending the ban on former ministers becoming lobbyists from 18 months to five years.
  4. Legislating truth in political advertising.
  5. A central, mandatory register of lobbyist sponsored passes.
  6. Ending dirty donations from harmful industries.
  7. Read more about our plans

Nearly $4 million from coal and gas has flowed to the major parties in just the last year alone. You cannot fight the climate crisis while being funded by those who profit from it.

Over the past decade, Labor and the Liberals have taken nearly $300 million in donations from big corporations like coal, gas, and the big supermarkets, while handing out billions in tax breaks and subsidies to their donors. 

Since 2001, nearly every single former Resources Minister has moved to a job in the fossil fuel industry. 

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