Some of Australia’s most influential thinktanks refuse to reveal their biggest donors. Should they?

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• Amoxtli@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Of course. If they don’t reveal their donors, they can’t be trusted.

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• blind3rdeye@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder… which kind of ‘think tanks’ are we talking about. Is it a enclosed isolated place where people can focus on their thinking undisturbed, or is it an armoured vehicle of information warfare?

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  • Tenderizer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’re all the people who write all the country’s news headlines basically. And that’s what they take money to do.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes. They’re fucking puppets if they’re not honest and disclosing fully

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• No1@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  An execption to Betteridge’s law of headlines

  Yes. But there will always be ways around it, eg put it few a few trusts or shell companies so that it’s not obvious who is actually donating it.

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