Transparency: Difference between revisions

This is the principle of [[wikipedia:Radical_transparency|Radical Transparency]]  and it should be the minimum we expect from someone in political office. If someone is given the privilege of public office, they should be required to disclose all transactions by default. In Australia this is done, to but only to an extent. Data is published by the AEC, for [[political transparency]], but in a poor format, and there is a glaring loophole, dark money can funnel in if the donations are below $9,000. If a mining company, gambling company or optician company want to have their priorities represented all they need to do is make a shell company which donates several $8,999 donations.

To change this is extremely difficult, like the protection of tax havens, there are a bevy of highly funded lobbyist present when transparency laws are put through parliament. The only other way to do this is to lead by example. Transparency is the primary [[tenet]] of [[The Transparent Company|The Transparent Corporation]].