Australian government powerless against lobbyists with hidden interests, audit finds
The government is powerless to ensure lobbyists are not hiding “whose interests they are representing” when meeting politicians and can do nothing to check whether revolving-door rules are being adhered to, a damning audit has found.
Australia’s federal lobbying system is widely considered weak compared with international and state and territory standards.
The system – made up of a lobbying code of conduct and public lobbyists register – enforces only limited transparency and imposes rules that are relatively loose, not comprehensively or independently policed, and carry little serious punishment.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/29/australian-government-powerless-against-lobbyists-with-hidden-interests-audit-finds

Australia’s federal lobbying system is widely considered weak compared with international and state and territory standards.
The system – made up of a lobbying code of conduct and public lobbyists register – enforces only limited transparency and imposes rules that are relatively loose, not comprehensively or independently policed, and carry little serious punishment.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/29/australian-government-powerless-against-lobbyists-with-hidden-interests-audit-finds

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