Companies, organisations and individuals arguably make political donations for one reason only: to influence Australian politics. In a bid to trace the money and map its flow, ABC News has analysed the official donations data to reveal the industries and people using their riches in a bid to buy influence. ABC’s analysis reveals property and […]

via Political donations: New data maps industries’ web of influence — Pittwater Forever

This is, of course, the reason why political donations need to be scrutinized, see the earlier post from Guy Burns. In Kapiti, nearly all candidates stand as independents and the only organised ticket we saw last year was the strange one for the Waikanae Community Board, but it was successful in that three of the four got onto it.