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According to the nicotine lobbyists...
Perhaps its time to ban lobbyists. 
They're clearly unconcerned about the damage their products do.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/5677...y-friendly
And a minister being less than truthful...Casey Costello
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/5081...tax-freeze
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Take money out of governance entirely... South Australia has made political donations illegal, why can't we?
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(24-07-2025, 10:19 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Take money out of governance entirely... South Australia has made political donations illegal, why can't we?
and then maybe place a levy on the alcohol, gambling, tobacco, firearms, pharmaceutical industries to contribute to the funding costs of political parties
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(24-07-2025, 10:27 AM)king1 Wrote: (24-07-2025, 10:19 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Take money out of governance entirely... South Australia has made political donations illegal, why can't we?
and then maybe place a levy on the alcohol, gambling, tobacco, firearms, pharmaceutical industries to contribute to the funding costs of political parties
That'd work, so probably never happen, more's the pity...
I'd love to see political parties made to raise their funding by say, running cake stalls or similar. The smaller funds would show just how wonderful they are at budgeting. Or not... 
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Levy pharma? That'd be a bit of a backfire wouldn't it? Unless we want meds to be more expensive...
Levies do get passed on to the end user.
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(24-07-2025, 01:37 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Levy pharma? That'd be a bit of a backfire wouldn't it? Unless we want meds to be more expensive...
Levies do get passed on to the end user.
given the amount of lobbying that goes on, which presumably gets passed on to the consumers, will it really cost us any more?
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(24-07-2025, 10:27 AM)king1 Wrote: (24-07-2025, 10:19 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Take money out of governance entirely... South Australia has made political donations illegal, why can't we?
and then maybe place a levy on the alcohol, gambling, tobacco, firearms, pharmaceutical industries to contribute to the funding costs of political parties
Given the high social principles of the Greens in particular I can imagine they would be turning down funding from some of those industry sectors.
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(24-07-2025, 03:08 PM)harm_less Wrote: (24-07-2025, 10:27 AM)king1 Wrote: and then maybe place a levy on the alcohol, gambling, tobacco, firearms, pharmaceutical industries to contribute to the funding costs of political parties
Given the high social principles of the Greens in particular I can imagine they would be turning down funding from some of those industry sectors.
Certainly have to hope they'd not be drawn into it. Surely we can somehow put a stop to lobbying.
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