Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Transparency) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Don Farrell
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-11-28
- second reading — 2016-11-28
- other — 2019-07-01
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 2016-11-28.
The bill would lower the threshold for disclosing political donations from over $10,000 to $1,000 and ban foreign and anonymous gifts.
It would treat related political parties as one entity for disclosure purposes and limit public election funding to the lesser of declared expenditure or the amount based on 4% of first preference votes.
New offences and penalties would be introduced, and the changes would start on the first 1 July after Royal Assent.
- Reduces the disclosure threshold from over $10,000 (indexed) to $1,000 (non-indexed).
- Makes it unlawful for political parties, candidates and Senate group members to receive gifts of foreign property.
- Prohibits all anonymous gifts to registered political parties, candidates and Senate group members.
- Limits public election funding to the lesser of declared expenditure or the sum based on 4% of first preference votes.
- Provides for recovery of unlawful or undisclosed gifts.
- Introduces new offences and increases penalties for existing offences.
Political parties, candidates, Senate groups, associated entities, people incurring political expenditure, and the Australian Electoral Commission.
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