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The US government may well be lobbying for this, but if so, I don't that they're doing it by going to Australian corporations and saying, "Hey, you lobby for th
by aetherson 8y ago
The US government may well be lobbying for this, but if so, I don't that they're doing it by going to Australian corporations and saying, "Hey, you lobby for this and if you do we'll give your something special." If for no reason other than that it's likely it would get out.
What I'm saying here is that "corporate lobbying" is a bugaboo for many people. There are plenty of bad ideas that stem from sources other than corporate lobbying.
- dwd 8y agoThe lobbying path for this would be US security (NSA/CIA/FBI) lobbying to both USGov and their AU counterparts ASIO/FedPolice who in turn lobby the AusGov. They in turn talk to USGov and work on what they get and the selling points. From the politicing it was the old "you're going to put people's safety at risk" if we don't do this message. So, no idea what AU gets out of it unless there a deal that makes some other issue go away for the Gov like taking some of our refugees, etc. Corps get no say unless they need a sweetener to keep giving politicians money or favourable media via various industry bodies and groups.