‘Democracy is dead’, MPs declare, as politicians ‘bought and sold’
Crossbenchers say there is a “virus corrupting our democracy” with the major parties weakening integrity safeguards and environmental protections on behalf of corporate donors.
Crossbenchers say there is a “virus corrupting our democracy” with the major parties weakening integrity safeguards and environmental protections on behalf of corporate donors.
The looting of the taxpayer by fossil fuel giants under cover of COVID-19 is on in earnest, with the Prime Minister’s hand-picked coterie of corporate executives driving the country’s economic recovery without oversight, transparency or accountability.
The Federal Government has succumbed to “well organised corruption and capture” by fossil fuel billionaires who are “a threat to life”, using the cover of the COVID-19 crisis to push dangerous, uneconomic projects and strip environmental protections.