As leaders dodged questions about fundraising activities this week, is it any wonder faith in politics is so low?
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When Peter Malinauskas moved to ban political donations in South Australia ahead of the last state election, he centred the case around the distorting effect money has on politics.
The South Australian premier argued that the fundraising arms race was taking up too much time for politicians, as access to party leaders and frontbenchers was increasingly being sold to cashed-up supporters at every point of the electoral cycle.