Democracy before dollars: Money in Australian politics

Political donations, lobbyists ‘buying time' with politicians, a revolving door between politics and industry; the influence of money is distorting our democracy. A slow erosion of safeguards, poor adaption to our changing world, and lack of political will to tip over the trough, has led Australia to the verge of oligarchy – a system run for the few, not for the many. Yet the system can be fixed. What are the practical measures we can take right now to protect the integrity of our democracy?