Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Cleaning up Political Donations) Bill 2022
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Andrew Wilkie
- Portfolio
- (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-02-14
- second reading — 2022-02-14
- other — 2022-04-11
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 2022-02-14.
This bill would tighten the rules around political donations in Australia.
It would require donors and recipients to report gifts to the Australian Electoral Commission more quickly and would cap how much one donor can give.
The bill would also ban donations from certain industries and increase penalties for breaking the rules.
- Lowering the disclosure threshold from $13,800 (or $14,500 indexed) to $1,000 for individual donations.
- Requiring aggregation of multiple donations from the same source to count toward the threshold.
- Expanding the definition of 'gift' to include actions valued at $1,000 or more that benefit a political entity, and amounts paid to attend fundraisers.
- Introducing a $50,000 cap on total donations from one donor during an electoral cycle.
- Requiring real-time disclosure to the AEC within two business days of reaching the threshold.
- Prohibiting donations from fossil fuel, gambling, liquor, and tobacco industries.
Political donors, political entities, and the Australian Electoral Commission.
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