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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794040303321

Autore

Edwards Lindy

Titolo

Corporate power in Australia : do the 1% rule? / / Lindy Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-925835-43-X

1-925835-44-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

338.6015195

Soggetti

Corporate power - Australia

Economic policy - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Trust in Australian democracy has more than halved over the last decade, from 86% in 2007 to 41% in 2018. Part of this erosion of trust stems from a belief that big business has too much power. Community concerns have sparked major campaigns for a federal anti-corruption body and political donations reform. People are concerned that politicians are privileging the concerns of their mates in big business over the community or the public good.This book sets out to test the evidence for these public fears, considering mining companies and the mining tax; the banks and the financial advice scandals; Telstra and the NBN; News Ltd and media reform; Coles and Woolies versus the farmers; and attempts by government to reform contract laws and laws on the abuse of market power. It asks if the major corporates are disproportionately winning in our political debates? And if so, why? -- Publisher's website.