Governance critical to climate change response

G

overnance at every level is critical to Australia’s response to climate change.

John Menadue - he's concerned
about lobbyists.

That governance, however, is being corrupted by the lobbyists, secret and otherwise, who have infiltrated the highest levels of our democracy, and rarely with intentions to boost the efforts of those advocating action to avoid climate change.

Former Secretary to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, John Menadue, has written in today’s Melbourne Age about the corruption of democracy in Australia by paid lobbyists.

His story - “How the rise of the lobbyist is corrupting Australia's democracy” – illustrates how lobbyists stand between climate advocates and a meaningful conversation with federal politicians.