Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Real Time Disclosure of Political Donations) 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.
The bill would require more frequent public reporting of large political donations.
Agents of political parties, their state branches, significant third parties, or candidates must tell the Australian Electoral Commission about any gifts that exceed the disclosure threshold within five business days.
The disclosure threshold remains at $13,800 (indexed to $16,300 for the 2023-2024 financial year), and the bill does not change election-related reporting arrangements.
- Requires donors' identities, gift amounts, descriptions, receipt dates, and recipients' names and addresses to be included in notifications.
- Requires an annual return for gifts totalling more than the disclosure threshold from a single person to the same party, branch, or campaigner in a financial year.
- Amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to introduce the new notification requirement.
Agents of registered political parties, state branches of such parties, significant third parties (campaigners), and candidates.
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