It’s time to make our democracy fair for everyone.
Sign the open letter calling on our elected representatives to work together to get big money out of our political system and put people and planet back in.
Open letter
To our elected representatives,
We call on you to work together to get big money out of our political system and put people back in.
This means:
- Banning large donations to political parties and candidates.
- Increasing the transparency of political donations, including real time reporting of donations.
- Limiting expenditure at election times so corporations can’t use their oversized wallets to drown out our voices.
- Creating an independent watchdog to investigate and stamp out corruption.
- Stronger lobbying regulation and greater transparency so we know who’s meeting with our elected representatives and why.
Latest Supporters
We need accountability in our elected representatives and that includes their unelected staffers.
How many jobs are to be lost, how many country town economies destroyed, how much property destroyed as a result of extreme weather events including bushfires before realise that mining industry jobs are just too expensive for the rest of the Australian population
Its very simple ban large donations to political parties and candidates
Corporate donations equate to bribery!
We saw at the last election what happens when big companies pay millions to get their agenda heard. Companies don’t vote so they shouldn’t be bankrolling election campaigns.
It’s about time politicians ran the country as a
democracy – for the people, not big money. Transparency and accountability are necessary to
keep them all honest, as it’s sad but true that power can .corrupt even the most well meaning
person.
I don’t understand how politicians can make impartial decisions when they are getting kick backs. I also don’t understand the purpose of donations if not to buy politicians – Ipswich City Council anyone?
The LNP are neither ethical or rational
Donations are an invitation to corruption and decisions being made that not in Australia’s long term interests.