Loophole-filled, weakly enforced lobbying law still an unethical facade
Until all the loopholes are closed, and the act and code are strongly enforced by a truly independent watchdog, then secret, unethical lobbying will continue to tilt federal government decision-making in favour of wealthy, powerful interests, and against the public interest.
The federal Lobbying Act continues to be an unethical facade 30 years after it came into force, as is the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct, in force since 1997. Together they are so loophole-filled and weakly enforced, mainly to hide unethical big business lobbying, that they should be called the “Sec...
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