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Money has many ways to skin the democracy cat

Australia’s new political finance laws target big donations, but money buys influence in many other ways, from lobbying and media narratives to market power that shapes voter preferences. Real reform needs to go beyond donation caps to include competition policy, fairer public funding, and far greater transparency.

360info · Gabriele Gratton UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia