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Breakthrough(s) in lobbying regulation..at last!
It has taken far too long but finally two state governments are taking very seriously the threat to the public interest posed by the inherent risks of corruption and undue influence associated with lobbying.
This week the NSW Government, and a few weeks ago the Queensland Government, decided to implement all the recommendations made by reviewers of their existing lobbying regulatory regimes.
- David Solomon
- Pearls and Irritations
The NSW reforms are the more far-reaching and follow more than a decade of investigation and research by the state’s Independent Commission Against Corruption.
An earlier set of recommendations by ICAC designed to…