If you want a textbook example of everything that is wrong with Australian politics, look no further than this, via The AFR:
Big four accounting and consulting firm PwC Australia is hosting a full-day, $12,500 a head, fundraising event for the Liberal Party at its Sydney offices where guests can “nominate up to five meetings with ministers” before attending a private dinner with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the cabinet.
The event, called the “Federal Business Policy Exchange”, also offers attendees a welcome lunch with the Turnbull outer ministry, a personalised schedule of minister meetings over six hours and optional bus transport to high-end restaurant Catalina in Sydney’s Rose Bay for the dinner, according to an e-brochure sent to potential attendees.
I recognise that both sides do this. But the wealthy elite buying influence undermines Australia’s democracy and needs to be stamped out.
