EPISODE · Nov 11, 2025 · 55 MIN
I Bought Access to Politicians, Media Ignored It & We Raised $75K to Crash Canberra’s Lobby Game
from Punters Politics · host Punter Konrad & Punter James
Bypass the Algorithm, Sign up to the Punter Times Newsletter https://www.punterspolitics.com/pages/email-sign-up This week, we pull back the curtain on Canberra’s favourite game: cash-for-access.When political parties sell $15,000 dinners to billionaires, the punters decided to play along.We threw our own political fundraiser — real sponsors, real politicians, real access — and raised $75,000 to hire Australia’s first lobbyist for the people.But while the pollies showed up, the corporate media didn’t. Not one major outlet covered it.So we’ll show you what really happened, what it proved about our democracy, and what comes next for the Punters Lobbyist. Buy Punters T-shirts Support We the Punters on PATREON What Punter are you? Take the Quiz! Buy Punters Stickers & T-shirts Be a dark money funder to help hire a lobbyist for the punters: https://chuffed.org/project/134297-fund-australias-first-punter-powered-lobbyistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Bypass the Algorithm, Sign up to the Punter Times Newsletter https://www.punterspolitics.com/pages/email-sign-up This week, we pull back the curtain on Canberra’s favourite game: cash-for-access.When political parties sell $15,000 dinners to billionaires, the punters decided to play along.We threw our own political fundraiser — real sponsors, real politicians, real access — and raised $75,000 to hire Australia’s first lobbyist for the people.But while the pollies showed up, the corporate media didn’t. Not one major outlet covered it.So we’ll show you what really happened, what it proved about our democracy, and what comes next for the Punters Lobbyist. Buy Punters T-shirts Support We the Punters on PATREON What Punter are you? Take the Quiz! Buy Punters Stickers & T-shirts Be a dark money funder to help hire a lobbyist for the punters: https://chuffed.org/project/134297-fund-australias-first-punter-powered-lobbyistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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I Bought Access to Politicians, Media Ignored It & We Raised $75K to Crash Canberra’s Lobby Game
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