Political Geographies of Lobbying: Canberra within Australian politics

Beer, Christopher

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“…One could relate this to the ambiguous nature of Canberra. Still, although the national capital has often been presented as a ‘somewhat distant site in Australia's political geography – a perhaps remote home to the vagaries of the Australian Public Service, and of other of the formal institutions of federal politics’, it is increasingly considered a place ‘of crucial face‐to‐face communicative interaction between lobbyists, elected representatives and their advisors, as well as Commonwealth bureaucrats’ (Beer : 197–198). The nature of the political system, more precisely the legacy of federalism, might therefore provide a more convincing explanation (see also Johnson : 174s; for a more general discussion of the role of political systems in shaping associational forms, see Clemens and Skocpol et al.…”

Section: The Composition and Diversity Of The Australian Interest Gromentioning

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Assessing the Composition and Diversity of the Australian Interest Group System

Fraussen

Halpin

2016

Aust J Public Adm

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Any democratic society requires mechanisms for citizens to have effective political voice. Clearly, political parties provide a key channel for expressing views and preferences. However, organised interests provide another important mechanism for such representation. A crucial question in this regard is whether the interest group system is capable of ensuring the representation of a variety of public and private interests. Resolving these debates requires data that map the terrain and also are attentive to organisational diversity. This article takes up this challenge through exploring the composition and diversity of the Australian system of organised interests, using a new data set based on the Directory of Australian Associations. This system-level approach delivers important insights into the nature of the Australian interest group system, as well as provides a framework for subsequent work interpreting and contextualising advocacy activities of particular groups, or lobbying dynamics in specific policy domains.

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Section: The Composition and Diversity Of The Australian Interest Gromentioning

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Assessing the Composition and Diversity of the Australian Interest Group System

Fraussen

Halpin

2016

Aust J Public Adm

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“…Many lobbyists liked the register as it served as an advertisement for their businesses. In that context, lobbyists would like firms to think they are essential to the influence game in Canberra (Beer, 2009: 191).…”

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Regulating Australia's lobbyists: coming full circle to promote democracy?

Hogan

Chari

Murphy

2010

Journal of Public Affairs

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This paper initially examines the history and evolution of lobbying regulations in Australia at both the federal and state levels. This examination is conducted in a comparative context, setting the codes of conduct in place in various Australian jurisdictions against each other, as well as against the lobbying regulations in place in other countries around the world. Based upon this approach, the regulations in each Australian jurisdiction are classified according to their characteristics, providing insights into their commonalities and differences. Thereafter, we examine the attitudes of Australian politicians, administrators and lobbyists, at both the federal and state levels, towards the regulations they have to abide by.

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The ‘Politics’ of Australian Housing: The Role of Lobbyists and Their Influence in Shaping Policy

Jacobs

2015

Housing Studies

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Political Geographies of Lobbying: Canberra within Australian politics

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Assessing the Composition and Diversity of the Australian Interest Group System

Assessing the Composition and Diversity of the Australian Interest Group System

Regulating Australia's lobbyists: coming full circle to promote democracy?

The ‘Politics’ of Australian Housing: The Role of Lobbyists and Their Influence in Shaping Policy

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