One Nation has been selling racist stickers attacking Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe, depicting her as disheveled and on her hands and knees, along with the words “you stole my land”.

The biggest funder of both One Nation and far-right lobby group Advance is refusing to say whether the political entities should tone down their hateful rhetoric.

The global leader of the Exclusive Brethren sect — alleged to have run a secretive multi-million dollar campaign for Peter Dutton — claims he came into the role via a global “spontaneous acceptance”.

The fossil fuels playbook works best in the dark, but there are signs the lights are coming on, writes Dr Robyn Gulliver.

If South Australia’s ban on political donations survives any potential High Court challenge, the model could be replicated more broadly, writes Associate Professor Yee-Fui Ng.

The political capture of Australia by fossil fuels has been central in shaping our climate policies, reports Professor Christopher Wright.

The use of fake “community group” fronts by fossil fuels, or “astroturfing”, is undermining democracy, writes Professor Christian Downie.

Big Alcohol is using the same playbook as tobacco to thwart public policy, with the endless revolving door underpinning its "complex webs of influence", reports Professor Peter Miller.

Gambling giants have adopted the Big Tobacco playbook to effectively avoid regulation, report Associate Professor Charles Livingstone and Dr Jenn Lacy-Nichols.

Big Tobacco is using the booming illicit market to relentlessly lobby government to undermine public health policies, writes Professor Christina Watts.

As long as billionaires dress down and speak rough, they can speak with a loud hailer and burn money to inflate their interests, writes Professor Graeme Orr…

The amount of proper research into the effect of political donations in Australia is "close to zero", as the nation prepares to implement the biggest reforms in decades, writes Professor Gabriele Gratton.