Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2022
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Larissa Waters
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-11-24
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- second reading — 2022-12-01
- other — 2025-07-21
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 2022-11-24.
The bill would ban political donations from certain industries and cap other donations at $3,000 per election term.
It would prohibit donations from the fossil fuel, property development, tobacco, banking, liquor and gambling, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as their representative organisations.
The definition of 'gift' would be expanded to cover membership fees, subscription fees and payments to attend fundraising events.
- Bans donations from specified industries.
- Imposes a $3,000 cumulative donation limit per election term.
- Broadens the definition of 'gift' to include fees for memberships, subscriptions and fundraising events.
Political parties, candidates, associated entities, and donors from the banned industries and other sources.
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