Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Larissa Waters
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-06-17
- second reading — 2020-06-17
- other — 2022-07-25
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 2020-06-17.
This bill would stop political donations from certain industries and set a limit on all other donations.
It would do this by amending the Commonwealth Electoral Act to ban contributions from several sectors, including property developers, tobacco companies, banks, and gambling businesses, and by expanding what counts as a gift to cover fees and event attendance.
The bill also sets a cumulative cap of $3,000 per election term on donations from any single source.
- The bill bans donations from property developers, tobacco, banking, liquor and gambling, pharmaceuticals, and mining industries, plus their representative groups.
- It imposes a $3,000 limit per election term on donations from any individual, organisation, or business.
- It extends the definition of a gift to include subscription and membership fees and fundraising event attendance.
Political donors and recipients in Australia's electoral system, including individuals, organisations, and businesses in the banned industries.
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