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Reports and Studies

ASX Corporate Governance Council

The ASX Corporate Governance Council develops and issues principles-based recommendations on the corporate governance practices to be adopted by ASX-listed entities

https://www.asx.com.au/about/regulation/asx-corporate-governance-council 

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Shining a Light

Improving transparency in New Zealand's political and governance systems - The Helen Clark Foundation, August 2024

https://helenclark.foundation/publications-and-medias/shining-a-light/

 

Access to Australian Parliament House by Lobbyists - Senate Inquiry 2024

On 6 December 2023 the Senate referred an inquiry into access to Australian Parliament House by lobbyists and the adequacy of current transparency arrangements relating to the lobbyist register to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Reference Committee for inquiry and report by 30 April 2024.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Finance_and_Public_Administration/LobbyistsAccessAPH47/Report

 

Western Australia Political Donations Reform 

https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/funding-and-disclosure

 

Ending corporate influence in Australian politics

Big corporations shouldn’t be allowed to manipulate politicians to put their profits ahead of our wellbeing. The Human Rights Law Centre advocates for changes to laws and policies to end the cycle of corporate influence in our political system.

https://www.hrlc.org.au/reports-news-commentary/lobbying

 

Senate Inquiry into Political Influence of Donations

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Political_Influence_of_Donations/PoliticalDonations/Report_1/section?id=committees%2Freportsen%2F024147%2F25779

 

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Media Articles and Summaries

Election Funding and Political Donations

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/clive-palmer-climate-200-expected-to-be-able-to-spend-up-big-at-next-election/news-story/72fee1fc948a3350f90b77fd5fb3f28f?amp

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/three-course-cabinet-what-it-costs-to-dine-with-a-labor-minister-20241018-p5kjio.html

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/a-cap-on-dark-political-donations-sounds-simple-but-there-s-a-serious-catch-20240808-p5k0oi.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-23/how-gambling-industrys-biggest-political-donors-influence-votes/100592068

https://www.abc.net.au/news/topic/political-donations

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-01/wa-political-parties-donations-disclosure-shows-gulf/104391728

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/11/australias-political-parties-received-90m-in-dark-money-from-donors-during-election-year

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/02/dark-money-57m-of-donations-to-major-australian-parties-in-2022-23-of-unknown-origin

 

Corporate Conduct

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/retail/woolies-coles-fake-discounts-spread-across-the-supermarket-court-documents-allege/news-story/e503a6f78ce354a44827491596eb5e0c

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-government-to-ban-dealings-with-dodgy-contractors-20240831-p5k6t4.html

https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/qantas-to-strip-former-ceo-of-6-1m-in-bonuses-for-reputational-damage-ce183ec2

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/18/cfmeu-union-corruption-claims-administration-victoria-nsw-ntwnfbhttps://

www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/fair-work-launches-42-probes-into-cfmeu-coercion-corruption-20241015-p5kibg.html

https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/corruption/

 

Lobbying

https://www.smh.com.au/national/billionaires-and-lobbyists-have-seized-control-of-our-national-narrative-20241028-p5klz6.html

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-mates-in-lobbyland-i-just-get-paid-more-20240611-p5jkzc.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/labor-mike-freelander-speaks-on-gambling-ad-reforms

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-s-22-7-billion-spendathon-a-lobbyist-honeypot-20240605-p5jjdz.html

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/28/christopher-pyne-and-the-revolving-door-of-mps-turned-lobbyists

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-party-insiders-line-up-pay-day-from-morrison-government-policy-20241008-p5kgog.html