Clean Up Politics: donation caps and anti-corruption body
What it actually does
A $30,000 cap per donor per party per election, a ban on donations from companies and trusts, a one-year cooling-off period before ministers can lobby, a public lobbying register and an independent anti-corruption body. The party costs it at about $52 million a year.
Source: opportunity.org.nz · 2026-10
The Trump take
“An anti-corruption agency? Totally unnecessary. Everything I do is perfect. Perfect phone calls, perfect crypto, perfect everything.”parody
Why it scored this way
Red tape
New rules on donations and lobbying
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Dislikes it
Big government
Creates a new anti-corruption agency
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