Labor senator Sam Dastyari has hit out at ten top Australian companies, accusing them of hijacking democratic debate with their interests and agendas.
In a speech to a politics in the pub event in Canberra on Wednesday, Senator Dastyari urged progressive voices to speak up because there was "something fundamentally wrong and rotten" within the political system as a result of the power the big companies wield.
He attacked the corporate influence of the big four banks, mining companies Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals, supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths and Telstra.
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