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.

The National Party has claimed the “major party model” is “broken” and is being “replaced” — raising speculation it is preparing to merge with Gina Rinehart’s One Nation.

Media has been barred from a “public” event featuring National Party Senate leader Bridget McKenzie hosted by far-right lobby group Advance.

Members of the secretive Exclusive Brethren sect were highly active at remote, Indigenous polling booths in the Northern Territory at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard.

Bogus social media “news” pages aggressively spreading Pauline Hanson propaganda are lavishing praise on her multi-billionaire bankroller Gina Rinehart.

Australians are less engaged in their communities, lonelier, unhappier and less satisfied with life – but there is cause for hope, writes Dr James O’Donnell.