Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering the Donation Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2024-03-26.
- Sponsor
- Rebekha Sharkie
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-09-04
- second reading — 2023-09-04
- other — 2024-03-26
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 2023-09-04.
This bill would lower the threshold for reporting political donations from $16,300 to $1,000 per year and stop automatic adjustments for inflation.
Political parties would have to provide the Australian Electoral Commission with annual returns detailing donations over the new $1,000 threshold.
The bill would also expand the definition of a gift to include electoral spending, gifts-in-kind worth $1,000 or more, and payments to attend fundraisers.
- Lowers the donation disclosure threshold from $16,300 to $1,000 per year.
- Removes ongoing indexation of the disclosure threshold.
- Expands the definition of a gift to include electoral expenditure, gifts-in-kind, and fundraiser attendance payments.
Political parties and donors who give to political entities.
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