Clean Up Politics
A never-ending torrent of scandals, rorts, pork barrelling and dodgy deals have pushed trust in politics to an all-time low. Liberal and Labor are only looking after themselves and their donors, rather than the rest of us.
In the last three years, Australia’s coal, oil and gas corporations have donated at least $2 million to the Liberal National Party and $1 million to the Labor Party.
The Greens plan includes:
- Creation of a strong Federal integrity commission to shine a light on corruption and unethical behaviour, and hold corrupt politicians accountable
- Get dirty money out of politics. We will ban all donations from coal and gas corporations, and cap all other donations to $1,000 per year.
- Lift parliamentary standards with an enforceable Code of Conduct. Introduce truth in political advertising laws, and ensure public money is not being used to promote political party interests.
- Fund the Australian National Audit Office to audit all government programs and stop the rorting of public funds
- Stop Ministers taking cushy industry jobs in industries they used to regulate within 5 years of leaving parliament
Media Diversity
Media ownership is becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of powerful people like Rupert Murdoch, and his fossil fuel mates.
It drives a national agenda which suits their interest, and includes climate denialism, racist attacks and character assassinations. Meanwhile, the ABC is under attack.
The Morrison Government have cut more than $783 million of ABC funding.
The Greens plan includes:
- Strengthen media diversity in Australia
- Protect the independence of the ABC and SBS by restoring Coalition funding cuts, recovering jobs at the ABC, and ending advertising on the SBS
- Taking on the Murdoch media monopoly, by establishing a Royal Commission in the Murdoch media empire to look into its market dominance and its impact on democracy in Australia
- Stop the spread of misinformation and hate by strengthening the powers of The Australian Communications and Media Authority, ensuring a high standard of truthfulness and journalist ethics.
- Protect press freedom by protecting the rights of journalists.
No More Dirty Donations
Every year, tens of billions of dollars of public money that could be going to schools and hospitals goes into the bank accounts of fossil fuel companies. In return, fossil fuel companies donate to Liberal and Labor.
By donating $11 million to political parties, coal and gas corporations are slowing down climate action.
It’s time to ban all political donations from the fossil fuel sector and close the revolving door between politicians and the coal and gas industry.
The Greens plan includes:
- Stop the massive subsidies to big coal, oil and gas corporations - over $10b each year and reinvest the money into the clean energy transition
- Make polluters pay for the damage they cause to people and the environment, by implementing a carbon price and levy on climate pollution we export
- Ban all political donations from the mining and resources sector (and other dirty industries) and cap all other donations at $1000 per year
- Stop Resource Ministers and advisers from working for the fossil fuel industry within five years of leaving parliament
- Publish a register of meetings between Ministers and mining lobbyists to improve transparency and shine a light on dodgy deals
- Deliver a strong, independent national corruption watchdog that will be retrospective, can act on tipoffs, and holds public hearings
- Deliver a Code of Conduct for all politicians and senior staff that ensures fossil fuel billionaires cannot buy political outcomes that favour them
Together, we’re powerful.
We have a plan to reduce the cost of living, make housing more affordable, tackle the climate crisis, and make sure everyone is looked after.
We'll take on the big corporations, stop them ripping you off, and and tax them to fund the things that everyone needs. The Greens are fighting for you.