Sign the open letter: Get big money out of politics!

Aren’t the politicians supposed to be looking after the people of the country instead of BIG corporations and their own pockets?
Do they not realise that money wont sustain the planet or feed us? It seems that corruption and greed are the only things they are interested in these days. When and how can we stop this? We all need to make a stand and together take back what is truly important and find a TRUE LEADER that stand with and for us and our environment.

There is more to life than money and pedophilia We need our children safe and a planet to live on!!!!

Cathy McGee

Dale A Young

There may be some good intentions/actions in some big corporations but by & large, their focus is on profit for the company

Parliamentary lobbyists should be abandoned Election donations should also be made illegal as these current processes seek to buy favours from political parties: hence – corruption .

The essence of democracy is governing for the people. We only have one planet

Democracy is for the people by the people, to protect and support the people. It should not be for sale, corruptable or unethical.

It’s time to govern for the people not the fossil fuel companies offering the biggest bribes

Big corporations white ant democracy with their power, money and influence. With their vested interests, they lobby our representatives hard and so the democratic process is corrupted. We are seeing the catastrophic consequences of these corporations’ activities play out before our eyes, and we’ve got to use our power in numbers to try and turn this around

Government is for the people not for the billionaires, get corruption out of politics.

Governments need to do what is right for their nation. Their decisions should not be influenced by corporations and mining companies who are to get what interests them only.

We supposedly live in a Democracy. To me this means that every citizen has a vote and thus a say in the directions the country takes. Unhappily in our current circumstances various wealthy power blocks and companies subvert that process. That means that in reality we do not live in a Democracy. Therefore the political representatives should either accept no funding or else announce that they’ve been mistaken in referring to our way of Government as Democratic and re-name it Plutocratic.
The current system stinks of bribery and of the influence of money on the elected Parliamentary representatives.
I think that Corporate donations should be completely banned and that a ceiling of ,say, $1000.00 dollars should be placed on individual donations.
Further, I think it would help the honesty of the Parliamentary system was overseen by an independent watchdog which had the power to publish all donations, including the employers of individual donors.
Most of our Parliamentarians are great at talking about regulation and transparency but they are not seen to live in that way.

greed and dishonesty is fuelling our destruction

One vote one value seems like a naive concept but that is what democracy stands on. All adult citizens get a vote. For us to believe in the system and the value of our vote, all who care about ideals of democracy and freedom, must vigorously oppose the bribery of our representatives and their parties by the influence of big money donations.

Lauren McFarlane

Corporations are not people and should not be allowed to donate to political parties at all – that is simply legal bribery and destroys a functioning democracy. At a minimum, we need real time reporting of donations with no loopholes.

People deserve to know who is paying for the decisions which affect us all. We need total transparency , easy access 24/7 to a site where we can see ALL political donations of any amount or kind and a system where auditors can check politician’s personal and political accounts. We have lost trust .

Damien Ziebell