Multi-billionaire Steven Lowy — who directed $550,000 in secretive payments to the Liberal Party weeks before the last federal election — says the nation is suffering a “slide in values”.

The identity of major anti-Voice donor remains hidden from public – and the corporate regulator is inexplicably refusing to act.

The Federal cross-bench has moved to prevent the two major parties from rigging electoral donations laws in their favour. 

Fees paid to the directors of Singtel – the owner of Optus – have soared by more than 80 per cent in just one year.

A 22-year-old former public servant who became one of the nation’s most “successful” lobbyists is dumped by almost all his clients.

Multi-billionaire Anthony Pratt has been caught discussing how he uses his vast wealth to buy influence.