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National, Act cry foul over donations rule changes

In an end to a longstanding bipartisan accord on political donations, the National Party is unlikely to support the Government's change to donations law wh ....

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Constitutional best practice proves elusive

Constitutional best practice proves elusive
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Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups

Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups
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Political pundits and media experts are warning that artificial grassroots organisations - nicknamed astroturfs - are being used to manipulate and mobilise public opinion for political gain.
The recent public apology by a lobbyist to leading public health experts for defaming them on the
Whale Oil blog has once again shone a spotlight into the murky world of lobbying.
Carrick Graham, who was in the pay of the food and beverage industry, has admitted his statements about Doug Sellman of Alcohol Action, health professor Boyd Swinburn, and former director of the Māori Smokefree Coalition, Shane Bradbrook, were untrue, unfair, offensive, insulting and defamatory . ....

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Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups

Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups
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