1)regs for transparency of lobbying so that voters have better trust in the legislative process
2) we need to improve the electoral act so that the right to vote vote registration is entrenched
3) while parliament is sovereign use of urgency needs review /attorney Gen etc
4) cap on donations
None of these are direct @drdeanknight.bsky.social has been thinking of strengthening institutions- the latest amendment papers trick is really marginal too- many other suggestions - writing a paper on it- what are your favoured options?
It’s an interesting time because the major parties are losing votes and lack of trust is a growing issue - so tackling their donations and lobbying and the way they approach urgency matters- there is no way I’d give govt a 4 Year term with such weak institutional checks in executive power right now
interestingly @graemeedgeler.bsky.social quite a few Labour and National and green MPs have been asking me for examples of good lobby regulatory practice (alerting @drdeanknight.bsky.social too’) so hope springs eternal that change might happen with new generations of MPs…& public pressure
