Lobbying and bribery are not the same at all. Equivocating them severely downplays the seriousness of bribery.
Lobbying means someone is trying to influence the government through things as simple as advertising campaigns. Those exist in AU.
Lobbying means someone is trying to influence the government through things as simple as advertising campaigns. Those exist in AU.
Lobbying often involves implicit or explicit offers of campaign funding, PAC support/opposition, and gifts that skirt the edge of what is legally bribery.
Without any funding to the politician involved, a lobbyist’s job is to convince the politician of voting a particular way.
A sleazy lobbyist may try money in indirect ways for/against the politician, but a regular one will try to raise awareness through advertising and public pressure. It’s all lobbying.
Lobbying has a pretty clear definition which you are trying to stretch here.
Let me put it this way: Airing an ad about a government rep or piece of legislation is PR or advertising. Using the threat or promise of airing that ad to try to talk a politician into doing something is lobbying.