OpenInfluence Analyst

Lobbying by omission

The absence as the story. Each entry is an entity active on one disclosed influence axis (political donations, ministerial-diary meetings, government contracts, the lobbyist register) but conspicuously absent on another where its sector peers appear. A property developer with hundreds of donations and no ministerial meeting; a heavy donor never listed on the lobbyist register.

How to read this

Every entry is a computed discrepancy over disclosed public records, not evidence that any meeting, payment or lobbying took place or was withheld. Disclosed data is a floor: an absence may simply mean the entity does not engage on that axis, or that the relevant register does not yet cover it. The signal is a prompt to look, nothing more. Gaps are computed against sector peer cohorts and sharpen as entity resolution improves (an entity split across duplicate records can look absent until its activity consolidates).

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4 matching computed discrepancies 349 open in total· clear filters
No disclosed meetings · Lobbying Firms · WA
Active on political donations, absent on ministerial-diary meetings

In the disclosed record, Motor Trades Electoral Action Committee - WA has disclosed 67 political donations but shows no disclosed ministerial-diary meetings, while 27% of its Lobbying Firms sector peers are present on ministerial-diary meetings. This is a COMPUTED DISCREPANCY over disclosed public records — not evidence that any meeting, lobbying or payment took place or was withheld. Disclosed data is a floor: the absence may simply mean this entity does not engage on that axis, or that the relevant register does not yet cover it. It is a prompt to look, not a finding.

The disclosed facts
  • 67 donations disclosed for Motor Trades Electoral Action Committee - WA (the axis it is active on).
  • no disclosed ministerial-diary meetings found for Motor Trades Electoral Action Committee - WA in our data.
  • 34 of 128 live Lobbying Firms peers (27%) are present on ministerial-diary meetings.
  • Computed by gap-engine-v1 over disclosed public records; a discrepancy, not an allegation.
Maritime Union of Australia (WA) computed strength 57%
No disclosed meetings · Union · WA
Active on political donations, absent on ministerial-diary meetings

In the disclosed record, Maritime Union of Australia (WA) has disclosed 21 political donations but shows no disclosed ministerial-diary meetings, while 13% of its Union sector peers are present on ministerial-diary meetings. This is a COMPUTED DISCREPANCY over disclosed public records — not evidence that any meeting, lobbying or payment took place or was withheld. Disclosed data is a floor: the absence may simply mean this entity does not engage on that axis, or that the relevant register does not yet cover it. It is a prompt to look, not a finding.

The disclosed facts
  • 21 donations disclosed for Maritime Union of Australia (WA) (the axis it is active on).
  • no disclosed ministerial-diary meetings found for Maritime Union of Australia (WA) in our data.
  • 27 of 202 live Union peers (13%) are present on ministerial-diary meetings.
  • Computed by gap-engine-v1 over disclosed public records; a discrepancy, not an allegation.
Not on the lobbyist register · Lobbying Firms · WA
Active on political donations, absent on the third-party lobbyist register

In the disclosed record, Motor Trades Electoral Action Committee - WA has disclosed 67 political donations but shows no entry on the third-party lobbyist register, while 10% of its Lobbying Firms sector peers are present on the third-party lobbyist register. This is a COMPUTED DISCREPANCY over disclosed public records — not evidence that any meeting, lobbying or payment took place or was withheld. Disclosed data is a floor: the absence may simply mean this entity does not engage on that axis, or that the relevant register does not yet cover it. It is a prompt to look, not a finding.

The disclosed facts
  • 67 donations disclosed for Motor Trades Electoral Action Committee - WA (the axis it is active on).
  • no entry on the third-party lobbyist register found for Motor Trades Electoral Action Committee - WA in our data.
  • 13 of 128 live Lobbying Firms peers (10%) are present on the third-party lobbyist register.
  • Computed by gap-engine-v1 over disclosed public records; a discrepancy, not an allegation.
CFMEU (WA) computed strength 40%
No disclosed meetings · Union · WA
Active on political donations, absent on ministerial-diary meetings

In the disclosed record, CFMEU (WA) has disclosed 14 political donations but shows no disclosed ministerial-diary meetings, while 13% of its Union sector peers are present on ministerial-diary meetings. This is a COMPUTED DISCREPANCY over disclosed public records — not evidence that any meeting, lobbying or payment took place or was withheld. Disclosed data is a floor: the absence may simply mean this entity does not engage on that axis, or that the relevant register does not yet cover it. It is a prompt to look, not a finding.

The disclosed facts
  • 14 donations disclosed for CFMEU (WA) (the axis it is active on).
  • no disclosed ministerial-diary meetings found for CFMEU (WA) in our data.
  • 27 of 202 live Union peers (13%) are present on ministerial-diary meetings.
  • Computed by gap-engine-v1 over disclosed public records; a discrepancy, not an allegation.