. >> this is kate crowley. she's studied australia's climate policy over the last decades. -- decade. >> our policy positions, if you read between the lines, they're always, well, we'll do anything but actually cut emissions. we'll do anything but actually reduce the amount of coal we're exporting. we'll do anything but make a proper transition. >> the most obvious reason for australia's slow progress is its coal, oil and gas industries, and the power its lobbyists wield over politicians and media. and to make matters worse, australia has some of the weakest political finance laws among rich countries. in the last election, unidentified political donors gave the big parties more than 90 million australian dollars. this money comes from donors with all sorts of interests. but what's outrageous is that australians have no idea which industries are buying influence. >> it's very difficult to disentangle that level of influence. you'd have to do something about strengthening political lobbying laws and political do