Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Transparency) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2017-09-05. (s) SHORTEN, Bill, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Bill Shorten
- Portfolio
- (s) SHORTEN, Bill, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-02-13
- second reading — 2017-02-13
- other — 2017-09-05
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-02-13.
This bill would change how political donations are reported and controlled in federal elections.
It would lower the threshold for disclosing donations from over $10,000 to $1,000, treat related parties as one entity, and ban foreign and anonymous gifts.
Public funding for election campaigns would be limited to the lesser of declared expenditure or the amount based on first preference votes at the 4% threshold.
- Reduce the disclosure threshold from more than $10,000 to $1,000.
- Make it unlawful for political parties, candidates and Senate group members to receive gifts of foreign property.
- Prohibit all anonymous gifts to registered political parties, candidates and Senate group members.
- Limit public funding of election campaigning to the lesser of declared expenditure or the sum based on first preference votes at the 4% threshold.
- Provide for recovery of unlawful gifts that are not returned.
- Introduce new offences and penalties and increase penalties for existing offences.
Political parties, candidates, members of a Senate group, associated entities, people incurring political expenditure, and the Australian Electoral Commission.
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