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Politicians get into power by campaigning. The better funded a campaign the more likely a candidate is to get into office. Taking Australia as an example, public funding for campaigning has been debated<ref>https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/em/political_funding/Report/Chapter6</ref>. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) publishes some open data about political donations<ref>Annual disclosure return:<nowiki>https://www.aec.gov.au/parties_and_representatives/financial_disclosure/guides/donors/index.htm</nowiki></ref> however its raw form it is difficult to digest so we illustrated it to make it more palatable (see below). | '''Politicians get into power by campaigning. The better funded a campaign the more likely a candidate is to get into office. Taking donations from interested parties always has a price.''' Taking Australia as an example, public funding for campaigning has been debated<ref>https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/em/political_funding/Report/Chapter6</ref>. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) publishes some open data about political donations<ref>Annual disclosure return:<nowiki>https://www.aec.gov.au/parties_and_representatives/financial_disclosure/guides/donors/index.htm</nowiki></ref> however its raw form it is difficult to digest so we illustrated it to make it more palatable (see below). | ||
The data shows many leads, however a lot are dead ends. It seems donors can sometimes hide their identities behind associated entities<ref>The Age: [https://www.theage.com.au/technology/are-our-politicians-for-sale-20060524-ge2dgv.html Are our politicians for sale?]</ref>. | The data shows many leads, however a lot are dead ends. It seems donors can sometimes hide their identities behind associated entities<ref>The Age: [https://www.theage.com.au/technology/are-our-politicians-for-sale-20060524-ge2dgv.html Are our politicians for sale?]</ref>. | ||