It’s quite astounding that in the 21st century political lobbying is still considered an arcane practice, writes blogger Drag0nista.
Lobbying
Come in Spinner: On the road to Canberra
Ah, lobbyists. Ringing mates to get something fixed still has some relevance in NSW but elsewhere in Australia it is nearing its use-by-date, writes Noel Turnbull.
Parallel imports: how the war was won
Tom Dusevic lauds the Australian publishing industry’s “spirited, clever, nationalistic, broad-based and expensive” lobbying campaign to retain parallel import restrictions on books.
Future looks foggy for America’s pro-Israel lobby
America’s pro-Israel lobby — once a permanent fixture of the country’s political landscape — is facing an uncertain future as young non-Orthodox Jews become increasingly disengaged with the state of Israel and its policies. Can they learn to love a country but not its government?
Gore’s army receive new marching orders
James Hrynyshyn reports from a summit for the 2500 volunteers trained by Al Gore to present his Inconvenient Truth slideshow, where the climate chief issued new orders to his troops.
The top ten firms lobbying Washington on climate change
A new analysis of Senate disclosure records shows that more than 880 businesses and interest groups registered to lobby on climate change in the first quarter of 2009 — up more than 14%.
“Dirty energy” spends $79 million in lobbying
The US oil, gas, and electricity sectors spent $79 million lobbying Congress in the first quarter of 2009. The combined spending of clean energy companies was $14.4 million.
