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Oct 12, 2026
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Right.
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The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Minns Government in Australia is enacting strict new laws to regulate third-party lobbyists at the local council level for the first time.
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This is a direct response to the Operation Rosny anti-corruption inquiry, which centered around a property developer named Jean Nassif.
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So Australia realized they had a glaring vulnerability in their system, because federal and state lobbying was heavily monitored, but local town councils were essentially the Wild West.
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You target local councils where influence operates in the shadows.
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Exactly.
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The Minns Government is trying to patch a hole in the foundational plumbing of their local governance.
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So whether it's voter rolls in India, WhatsApp channels in Brazil, or local lobbyists in Australia, the outrage is focused on the plumbing of democracy.
Ben O'SheaHOST
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced the contentious migration overhaul at the National Press Club in September, which included a US-style green card lottery for backpackers.
Ben O'SheaHOST
The Minsk government has accused One Nation of operating in a fantasy land while costing their policies as it pushes to have them costed by the parliamentary bloc.
Ben O'SheaHOST
Budget Office.
Ben O'SheaHOST
New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookie said on Monday the Minns Labor Government would be pushing to allow One Nation access to the PBO, which has only ever been used by the two major parties in New South Wales since it was established in 2010.
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One Nation is facing calls to explain how it would pay for its election promises in New South Wales.
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The Minns government wants the party's policies independently assessed ahead of next March, uh, next March's state election.
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The Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has questioned the cost of One Nation plans, particularly proposing changes to public service.
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Labor argues voters should have access to the same financial scrutiny applied to the major parties.
Angus TaylorGUEST
Now, that's never been a principle, uh, that, that is usable or makes any sense at all, uh, Andrew.
Angus TaylorGUEST
And the Minns Government, uh, should eliminate this legislation, should abolish it.
Angus TaylorGUEST
Um, and if they don't, and they should, and if they don't, then the Albanese Government should do the same thing at the federal level.
Angus TaylorGUEST
Uh, this is completely unacceptable.
Angus TaylorGUEST
It's got nothing to do with international treaties.
Angus TaylorGUEST
Andrew, that's another question and, and a reasonable question you ask, but it, it's g- this has got nothing to do with that.
Angus TaylorGUEST
So the Minns Government, uh, should get rid of it, and if they don't, uh, then the Albanese Government should enact legislation, uh, to override it.
Andrew BoltHOST
Now that said, the International Court of Justice has al- already been saying that perhaps that should, uh, that should be made, uh, obligatory in other countries too.
Andrea Hamilton-VaughanGUEST
But people were adamant about, you know, certain regional roads needed to be fixed, et cetera.
Andrea Hamilton-VaughanGUEST
And the Minsk government today announced $1.7 billion on key regional roads will be fixed.
Andrea Hamilton-VaughanGUEST
So...
Andrea Hamilton-VaughanGUEST
The public, you know, the heavy vehicle industry has been saying this and my good friend and everyone's good friend, Rod Hannafie, has been pounding the pavements of Macquarie Street and Canberra, whether online or in person, to get things fixed as well.
John StanleyHOST
And look, I might sound cynical here, but I think it is a fair and I think an objective assessment.
John StanleyHOST
Said repeatedly, you're going to be finding the Minsk government looking for ways to distance themselves from the Albanese government and have conflict with the Albanese government ahead of next year's election because they don't want this blowing back on them, the unpopularity.
John StanleyHOST
But that's straightforward there, isn't it, Terry? That's a massive issue.
John StanleyHOST
It's affecting so many people.
James WillisHOST
The New South Wales government, the bureaucracy, has privately mapped out new stations in more than a dozen suburbs in Sydney's west, which include Marsden Park, Schofields, Bidwill and Oran Park.
James WillisHOST
Now, these two separate plans, these business cases, have been sitting on the desk of the Minns Government's Transport Minister, John Graham, since about April this year.
James WillisHOST
And according to the Daily Telegraph, they're yet to be formally considered.
James WillisHOST
Now, Labor agreed to these business cases.
James WillisHOST
But the reality is the coalition who was in power for 10 years built and agreed to build these projects which have become groundbreaking for Sydney.
James WillisHOST
And this should be connecting all of Sydney in one big loop.
James WillisHOST
But instead, they've been scaled back under this Minns government.
James WillisHOST
And it's clear that despite doing these business cases, I don't think this government has any real plans to build these in any term in the future.