The Political Donor Network – How Corporate Money Controls Australia
Introduction
Most Australians believe their votes determine who governs the country, but the truth is corporate money has far more influence over policies than voters do. Australia’s political system is not a democracy—it is an auction, where wealthy corporations, lobbyists, and special interest groups fund politicians in exchange for favourable laws and policies.
This is legalised corruption. The two-party system survives because big business ensures both Labor and the Coalition serve their interests, regardless of who wins elections. This is why real change never happens—because politicians are not working for you, they are working for their donors.
Aussies Power proposes a direct democracy system that eliminates corporate influence, ensuring that laws and policies reflect the will of the people—not the priorities of billionaires and multinationals.
How Corporate Money Controls Politics
1. Political Donations Buy Influence
In the 2022 election cycle, major corporations and lobby groups donated hundreds of millions of dollars to both Labor and the Coalition.
These donations are not acts of generosity—they are investments. Corporations expect policy decisions that benefit them in return.
The largest donors include mining companies, banks, real estate developers, and pharmaceutical giants—sectors that directly influence national policies on resources, housing, and healthcare.
2. Laws Are Written for Corporations, Not Citizens
Governments pass tax cuts and subsidies for big business, while ordinary Australians struggle with rising living costs and stagnant wages.
Regulations that could increase wages, improve environmental protections, or hold corporations accountable are frequently blocked.
Lobbyists representing banks, energy companies, and property developers have more access to politicians than the average Australian ever will.
3. The Revolving Door Between Politics and Big Business
Many former politicians take high-paying jobs in the very industries they once regulated.
Ex-ministers frequently become corporate advisors, lobbyists, or board members for major companies that benefited from their policies.
This cycle ensures that the same elites remain in power, even after they leave Parliament.
4. The Media is Complicit
The biggest corporate donors also own Australia’s mainstream media, ensuring that news coverage protects the major parties and suppresses alternatives like direct democracy.
Critical issues like political corruption and corporate control are underreported or framed in ways that serve business interests.
Media outlets rely on advertising revenue from major corporations, making them unlikely to expose the full extent of donor influence.
Aussies Power: Removing Corporate Control Over Government
Aussies Power proposes a system where policies are decided by the people, not political parties or corporations. Under this model, corporate donations become irrelevant because politicians will no longer make the laws—citizens will.
1. Direct Public Voting on Laws and Policies
Every major policy decision will be voted on directly by the Australian people.
There will be no politicians to accept corporate donations and make secret deals.
The majority will decide the country’s direction, not CEOs and lobbyists.
2. Banning Political Donations and Corporate Lobbying
Under Aussies Power, political donations from corporations, unions, and lobbyists will be outlawed.
All policy decisions will be transparent and subject to public approval.
No more backroom deals—every Australian will see how and why laws are made.
3. Using Technology to Secure Public Decision-Making
A secure digital voting system will allow citizens to vote on policies with full transparency.
Blockchain verification will prevent tampering, fraud, and manipulation.
AI will summarise and fact-check policy proposals, exposing conflicts of interest and hidden clauses before they are voted on.
4. Eliminating the Political-Class Business Cycle
With a direct democracy system, there will be no more career politicians who trade political influence for corporate board positions.
Instead, governance will be based on public participation and expert-driven policymaking, ensuring decisions reflect real national priorities.
What Happens If We Don’t Break Corporate Control?
If Australia continues under the current system:
Laws will continue to favour corporations over citizens, leading to more economic inequality and social division.
Political corruption will become even more entrenched, making reforms harder to achieve.
Public trust in democracy will keep declining, increasing voter apathy and disillusionment.
Major issues like housing affordability, environmental protection, and workers’ rights will remain unaddressed, because politicians are financially incentivised to ignore them.
The only way to stop this cycle is to remove politicians from the equation entirely—replacing them with a direct democracy system where the people make the laws.
Conclusion: Australians Deserve a Government That Works for Them
Australia’s democracy has been hijacked by corporate donors, lobbyists, and political elites. This system is designed to serve the powerful, not the people.
Aussies Power offers the only solution that permanently eliminates corporate influence—a system where Australians vote directly on laws and policies, ensuring that democracy is controlled by the people, for the people.
It’s time to take back our democracy.
Join Aussies Power today and help build a system where government serves the people, not the highest bidder.
Written by Vincent Marty – Founder of Aussies Power. Reproduction is permitted provided the original author is credited.