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25 August 2026

Australia’s lobbying rules ignore most lobbyists. It’s time for an overhaul

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Australia’s lobbying rules ignore most lobbyists. It’s time for an overhaul

The current system allows powerful actors to attempt to influence government decision-making covertly. To improve transparency, here are four key reforms.

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25 August 2026

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After repairs to Hirosaki Castle in Aomori prefecture, officials employed a technique known as hikiya to move the structure more than two metres To chants of “so-re, so-re”, about 1,800 people came together in northern Japan over the weekend to pull a 360-tonne castle keep a little more than two metres closer to its original resting place as part of ongoing renovations. The keep – a fortified tower within a castle – had to be moved to repair a wall that was damaged in a major earthquake.

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