Push to cut access to ‘unfair’ donor organisations for election funding

Push to cut access to ‘unfair’ donor organisations for election funding

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.

  • byRachel Eddie

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Lobbyist donations climb more than 500 per cent over two decades

Lobbyist donations climb more than 500 per cent over two decades

Lobbyists and industry groups have ramped up their payments to the major political parties,extending their influence.

  • byDavid Crowe
You can drive a truck through the political donation system. A truck full of ‘dark money’

You can drive a truck through the political donation system. A truck full of ‘dark money’

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.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Gambling donations ramp up debate over influence in politics

Gambling donations ramp up debate over influence in politics

The support for both major parties came as a parliamentary inquiry urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ban advertisements for online bets.

  • byDavid Crowe
The real cost of Kerry Stokes’ support for Ben Roberts-Smith

The real cost of Kerry Stokes’ support for Ben Roberts-Smith

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.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman
Familiar faces and virtual unknowns pumping millions into politics – outside the big parties

Familiar faces and virtual unknowns pumping millions into politics – outside the big parties

The latest disclosure of political donations reveal a list of high-profile Australians opened their wallets.

  • byDavid Crowe andPaul Sakkal
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Will the Albanese government embed a dark money duopoly or restore trust with Australians?

Will the Albanese government embed a dark money duopoly or restore trust with Australians?

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.

  • byKate Chaney
Who pays? Who knows? Greens challenge Labor and Liberals to shine light on donation ‘dark money’

Who pays? Who knows? Greens challenge Labor and Liberals to shine light on donation ‘dark money’

The origin of “dark money”,has always been hidden thanks to a loophole that will be closed … in 2025.

  • byHamish Hastie
Supersize the House:MPs back plans for more MPs

Supersize the House:MPs back plans for more MPs

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.

  • byJames Massola andShane Wright
WA political donation loophole closed,but property developers can breathe easy
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WA political donation loophole closed,but property developers can breathe easy

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”.

  • byHamish Hastie
Proposed lifting of election funding cap alarms Coalition,Greens
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Proposed lifting of election funding cap alarms Coalition,Greens

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.

  • byMax Maddison