Labor and the Coalition could be barred from using cash donated by their investment organisations to help fund election campaigns if an independent review panel’s recommendations are adopted.
Lobbyists and industry groups have ramped up their payments to the major political parties,extending their influence.
Total donations and other income to all political parties for the latest year came to about a quarter of a billion dollars. And that’s not even an election year.
The support for both major parties came as a parliamentary inquiry urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ban advertisements for online bets.
Thanks to interest charges,the costs Kerry Stokes might have to pay to Nine over Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case are even greater than first thought.
The latest disclosure of political donations reveal a list of high-profile Australians opened their wallets.
As we see trust declining in democracies across the world,it is crucial that Australians feel they get to choose their representatives from a full field.
The origin of “dark money”,has always been hidden thanks to a loophole that will be closed … in 2025.
Federal parliament should have up to 49 extra MPs and political donation disclosure rules need a shake-up,according to a new committee report on electoral reform.
The Cook government has revealed its beefed-up political donation laws. But while bans on property developer donations were considered,that was deemed to be “essentially a Sydney problem”.
The NSW government’s plans to allow third-party contributors to spend up to $226,000 in every electorate,10 times the previous cap,has been criticised by the Coalition and the Greens.