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Introduce Optional Preferential Voting

POLITICS
This was the major electoral recommendation of the 2009 Citizens’ Parliament which assembled 150 randomly selected citizens drawn from every electorate nationally. (Disclosure Note: this event was funded and operated by the Foundation. Full findings are found here. In practice, this serves to eliminate preference deals which are lightly understood...
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Eliminate Private Donor Funding

POLITICS
Similar to the argument in favour of political advertising is that third party donations are a form of freedom of speech . A contrary view suggests that they significantly reduce public confidence in the motives of our elected representatives due to the perception that donations are only made in...
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None of the Above Voting Option

OPINION
Introduce a “None of the Above” Voting Option or End Compulsory Voting With elections designed theoretically to reflect the will and voice of the people, this reform would allow dissatisfied and disengaged citizens to be heard while creating a clear distinction with inadvertent informal votes. The “none of the above” reform is...
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Back to the centre

POLITICS
The electorate is not as volatile as we might imagine By George Megalogenis For the third election in a row, Australians are being offered a choice between a government that can’t run on its record and an Opposition that pretends it is ready to return to office. A third election in...
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It’s time to expose the myths of the neo-liberal economic model

POLITICS
Article by Greg Jericho For Malcolm Turnbull the election is all about jobs and growth and a belief that a company tax cut and reducing government spending is the way to achieve both. But in light of the failures of such standard economic thinking after the GFC to provide economic...
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What if our politicians had to tell the truth? (#ItsTime)

POLITICS
Imagine a world where our politicians suffered real consequences when they mislead the public with a lie. A world where politicians had to work together like civil adults – instead of tearing each other apart like badly behaved toddlers. In other words – imagine a world where politicians had to...
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Needy or Greedy: Pollie Perks never enough

POLITICS
A group of retired politicians trying to claw bigger pensions and more free travel from the taxpayer will get their day in court next month. The High Court has agreed to hear the challenge by four former federal MP's - Labor's Barry Cunningham, Tony Lamb and Barry Cohen, and Liberal...
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Google’s Paris offices raided by tax investigators

POLITICS
French police and prosecutors have swooped on Google’s Paris offices, intensifying a tax-fraud probe amid accusations the Internet giant fails to pay its fair share across the European Union. The raids are part of a preliminary criminal probe opened in June 2015 after French tax authorities lodged a complaint, according...
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Politicians can’t be trusted to reform political donations

POLITICS
The major parties now compete to outspend each other at elections while devoting ever increasing resources to raise the funds this demands.’ John Madigan My appointment to a Senate committee inquiring into political donations was blocked, the inquiry failed to call for submissions and its reporting has been delayed – we need...
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The many ways political donations buy access in Victoria

POLITICS
Former ALP assistant state secretary Andres Puig is one of the owners of The Civic Group, one of Victoria's biggest donors in 2014-15. Chinese interests playing increasing role in Australian political donations As the election campaign grinds on, the focus is on set-pieces and stunts, the sideshows of glitches and...
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