RaymondPierreL31d ago

[edited to add another hashtag]

If you think that Australian political parties are ‘bought off’ by corporate and wealthy Australians contribution, think again…

“Australia provides taxpayer funding to parties and candidates based on how many votes they receive. At the May 2025 federal election, each voter was worth around $6.80 in public funding, and that will rise to $10 at the next election – that’s $5 each for ballots for the House of Representatives and Senate.

Labor got $37 million in taxpayer funding after the 2025 election, the Liberal–National Coalition $33 million, the Greens $13 million and One Nation $6 million.

It pays to be popular. Winning the vote of an extra 1% of Australians (about 160,000 people) is worth $1.1 million, set to rise from next year to $1.6 million.” (Source: The Point)

Read more:

https://thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/260411-popular-policies-would-be-a-better-revenue-raiser-than-taking-fossil-fuel-and-gambling-donations

Also, #lobbyists, #GoldenParachutes, the #msm propaganda machine and #PoliticalAdvisors have more influence on politicians than millionaire/corporate hand outs

It’s a shame that the taxpayers do not have their funding of parties ‘tied’ to specific policies and their resulting legislation — KPI-like incentive. I wonder how such a system would operate…

#AusPol

Popular policies would be a better revenue raiser than taking fossil fuel and gambling donations

Australians are naturally suspicious of corporate donations, especially when they come from vested interests with everything to gain from influencing government decision-making. But are these donations large enough to explain why politicians act the way they do? The reality is that political donations from harmful industries are small relative to the payments parties receive from you, the voter.

Show threadDevorppa

@RaymondPierreL3

Dude, you need to understand just how much the major parties spend at an election - $37 million to the ALP is chicken shit.

From The Australia Institute:

In 2024-25, the Labor Party spent $160 million, the Liberals $193 million, the Nationals $19 million, the Greens $40 million, Trumpet of Patriots $53 million and One Nation $3 million. https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/new-data-reveals-record-spending-ahead-of-2025-election-but-taxpayer-funding-will-increase-for-2028/

The major parties are completely owned by the interests who lobby them relentlessly and contribute to ensure they get what they want. If you want to ‘think again’ think ‘corruption’ as a starting point.

Ask yourself this: why is there no high speed rail network linking major cities? The technology has been around since at least the 1960s …
Answer: Qantarse lobbies and contributes to whoever is in Government to ensure it never happens.

#Auspol

New data reveals record spending ahead of 2025 election – but taxpayer funding will increase for 2028 

The Australian Electoral Commission has today released its political contributions data for 2024-25, which reveals the major political parties raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year. 

The Australia Institute
Apr 13 at 11:08amWeb
Show threadAmo a Sam amat1d ago

@Devorppa @RaymondPierreL3 Please make sure you count, or don't count, the AEC per-primary-vote money. It is about $4 per vote, and does not represent corrupt influence. In fact it works the other way, I reckon.

I would *guess* that more than half the Greens funding is in fact from the AEC. (I have to do work, so I have not looked it up, sorry, busy sorry).

Show threadRaymondPierreL322h ago
@Heterokromia
I would be all in for taxpayer electoral funding to the exclusion of all other funding sources with very limited scope for donations if a fair and equitable system was implemented— not party based, with equal limits on all electorates and truth in advertising laws (unlikley to happen in my lifetime).
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines1d ago

@Devorppa @RaymondPierreL3

In #SouthAustralia a new law limits private donations to parties to ZERO
We can't even hold a bake sale.
Only money parties receive is from the #AEC

There is an exclusions clause, if a party has no reps, it can receive donations, like Gina bankrolling #OneNotion

#auspol

Show threadRaymondPierreL322h ago
@n_dimension
Hopefully this SA electoral law is the thin end of a welcomed wedge…
Show threadRaymondPierreL323h ago

@Devorppa
Don’t shoot the messenger dude…
I tooted the article because it shows how the taxpayers are funding major parties and how the system is rigged to favour the bigger parties.

There are all sorts of funding channels, from party members, labour unions, interest groups, fundraisers, wealthy contributors, corporate and business, even from deceased estates… I’m not blind to any of this.

As for whom ‘owns’ politicians… it’s called self-interests and greed and anyone who can help them feed those needs… I’m not stupid. Hence 3 yrs terms are a good thing. Hence the electorate ought to pay more attention to whom they vote for.

/Sry if this sounds angry… I don’t understand what nerve you’ve touched to send me off. I apologise/