Comments on: Another year, another round of media failures on campaign finance

By: Kevin Herbert

Kevin Herbert — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:54:39 +0000

John Bennetts:

read it again….

By: Peter Young

Peter Young — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:11:31 +0000

How can the the looney nasty party(L.N.P.) claim that there for transparency but they are just as bad . we need honest disclosure and a comittment from all parties for full disclosure of donations to all political parties. because follow the money heaviest donors show where policy didn’t go like the pokie reforms failed . our democracy is becoming like the U.S.A. and not for the better the biggest donor recipient wins. excellent article Stephen iv’e been thinking on for this for a few years. also we need a crime and misconduct commisson in canberra a.s.a.p.

By: marant

marant — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:52:16 +0000

Well-directed article, Stephen, but I would like to know the criteria you use to call our Australian democracy “sophisticated”.

By: CML

CML — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:55:35 +0000

Stephen - what you say is correct, but I can’t see it happening anytime soon. The Labor party should be all over this like a rash, and the Greens. Why can’t they get legislation through the HoR? Should be no contest in the Senate.
The more we allow any political party to withold this type of info from the general population, the greater the risk of us ending up like America where the wealthy “buy” their own politicians. Do we really want that to happen in Oz?

By: Microseris

Microseris — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:12:17 +0000

Donations buy ministerial access and leverage and can be rightly considered legalised corruption.

By: John Bennetts

John Bennetts — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:49:18 +0000

Rupert is only 60 years old? (Para 3)

That was surely a typo worthy of attention.