Bill
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-11-30. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-12-07
- second reading — 2017-12-07
- second reading — 2018-11-15
- second reading — 2018-11-15
- committee — 2018-11-15
- third reading — 2018-11-15
- introduced — 2018-11-26
- second reading — 2018-11-27
- second reading — 2018-11-27
- second reading — 2018-11-27
- committee — 2018-11-27
- third reading — 2018-11-27
- passed — 2018-11-27
- royal assent — 2018-11-30
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 2017-12-07.
The bill would tighten the rules on political donations and spending in federal elections.
It would create a new Transparency Register, require large political spenders to report to the Australian Electoral Commission, and ban gifts over $100 from foreign donors intended for election campaigning.
Gifts between $1,000 and the disclosure threshold from key political actors would need a donor certificate that they are not foreign, and gifts above that threshold would require donor verification.
- Establishes a Transparency Register as a central repository for information disclosed under Part XX of the Electoral Act.
- Requires those with high electoral expenditure to register with the Australian Electoral Commission and follow similar disclosure rules as political parties.
- Clarifies the definition of electoral expenditure in Part XX of the Electoral Act.
- Requires discretionary government benefits to be reported under the current financial disclosure scheme.
- Prohibits giving and knowingly receiving gifts over $100 from foreign donors if the donor intends the gift to be used for electoral expenditure.
- Limits public election funding to demonstrated electoral spending.
Political parties, political campaigners, donors, and key political actors.
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