#lobbying — Public Fediverse posts

Everyone But Us (in the USA)

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/everyone-but-us-in-the-usa/

#fourcorners on #lobbying and #lobbyists :blobgrimace:

Dozens of defence insiders now lobbying for the industry, analysis shows
By Samantha Dick

New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/defence-insiders-now-lobbying-for-industry-analysis-shows/107046326

#Lobbying #DefenceForces #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #Parliament #SamanthaDick

Their job is to influence politicians. An MP warns they can be powerful enemies
By Mark Willacy, Lesley Robinson, and Dylan Welch

Inside Parliament House, hundreds of lobbyists freely roam the corridors advocating for corporate interests. Critics say it's a problem.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/canberra-lobbyists-outnumber-federal-politicians/106998624

#Lobbying #GovernmentandPolitics #Gambling #Parliament #MarkWillacy #LesleyRobinson #DylanWelch

MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Cost of tickets included £858 to a Harry Styles concert at Wembley; £1,839 to the Chelsea flower show and £3,432 of hospitality at the Brit Awards

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/mps-failing-to-learn-lesson-over-freebies-after-accepting-400000-of-hospitality

#UKnews #Partyfunding #England #Lobbying #Politics #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor

MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/mps-failing-to-learn-lesson-over-freebies-after-accepting-400000-of-hospitality #UkNews #PartyFunding #England #Lobbying #Politics

Add your name to call on the Albanese Government to give Australia the National Lobbying Act it needs
https://australiandemocracy.org.au/lobbying
#AusPol #lobbying

@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.

People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.

Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.

Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.

And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.

The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.

The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.

#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars

"Special interest #lobbying organisations have grown in importance, pursuing benefits for their clients from the state. In return, they provide money and support for the political parties that are likely to end up in power."

#UKPol #Donations #Corruption

https://theconversation.com/if-british-voters-seem-impatient-and-angry-data-shows-they-might-have-a-point-289643

@frelsisbaratta Hey @EUCommission, good job, lads. Fighting the small guys one piece of crappy legislation at a time.

Maybe stop listening to Big Tech lobbyists?

Oh, what’s that, but that’s where you guys want to work at next? Ah, k, fair.

#institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #EUCommission #EUparliament

@rogue_corq in short long "Tradition" of #mckinsey organized #lobbying aka #corruption of mainly #cdu #csu but also all other parties and #incompetence of #politicians (mostly #lawyers ) in #bundestag

@anslua Hmm, I don't know the background to this but it looks like more Bezos fuckery. Amazon benefits every time micro businesses are blown to fuck. "Lobbying" by vested capitalism should be fucking illegal all over the globe.

"Lobbying" being political-speak for well-filled-brown-envelopes and offshore accounts.

Good luck.

#Lobbying #EU

Politico: The AI industry won a primary fight. Now its target is inspiring lawmakers nationwide.. “A super PAC network backed by artificial intelligence executives hoped to make an example of Alex Bores when it targeted him for defeat in a Democratic House primary over his authorship of a New York AI law. Instead, the New York State assemblymember has emerged as an inspiration and a source of […]

Will California craft distillers face end of home deliveries?

Californians may suddenly have craft distillery deliveries halted at the end of the month, unless lawmakers intervene. db reports. Despite the fears, California’s wine indust…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #CaliforniaWine #california #californiawine #cocktails #Craftdistillers #drinksdelivery #Legislation #Lobbying #spirits #US #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2765869/will-california-craft-distillers-face-end-of-home-deliveries/

Will California craft distillers face end of home deliveries? https://www.diningandcooking.com/2765869/will-california-craft-distillers-face-end-of-home-deliveries/ #california #CaliforniaWine #cocktails #CraftDistillers #DrinksDelivery #Legislation #Lobbying #spirits #US #Wine

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

#AIPAC #Israel #politics #lobbying #CitizensUnited #NYT

#TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and Anti-Regulatory #Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak

https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbreak-taylor-farms-maga-donations-lobbying/

RE: https://todon.eu/@regendans/117002536717711267

This is corruption, pure and simple.

Is Andy Burnham going to stop it?

lol....

#UKPol #UKPolitics #AndyBurnham #Corruption #Lobbying #Qatar #Israel

“REVEALED: QATAR AND ISRAEL TOP WESTMINSTER LOBBYING LEAGUE TABLE”

by Martin Williams in Declassified UK

@Declassified_UK
@DeclassifiedUK
@uk_politics
@ZackPolanski
@UKLabour

“Exclusive: Since July 2024, donors have paid for MPs to go on some 658 overseas junkets, at a cost of £2.2m. The majority were funded by private companies, charities or wealthy individuals.

But we found 165 trips were either funded by the foreign government concerned, or by UK-based ‘Friends Of’ groups dedicated to promoting the country in Westminster.

In total, these 165 trips were valued at almost £695,000”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-qatar-and-israel-top-westminster-lobbying-league-table/

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Westminster #Lobbying #Junkets #FriendsOf #Israel #Qatar #Taiwan #Influence #Corruption #LFI #CFI #Funding #Proxies #Transparency