Bill
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fairer Contracts and Grants) Bill 2023
before parliament, as at 2025-07-23.
- Sponsor
- Larissa Waters
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-09-04
- second reading — 2023-09-04
- other — 2025-07-21
- other — 2025-07-23
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 ban political donations by companies that are seeking government contracts, grants, licences or permits.
Corporations and their close associates could not donate above the disclosure threshold in the 12 months before or after applying for Commonwealth money, a tender, or a prescribed approval, licence or permit, or while the application is being considered.
The bill would start the day after it receives royal assent.
- Prevents donations from influencing the outcome of government funding and project approval decisions.
- Bans donations above the disclosure threshold during a 12-month period before and after applying for a grant, tender, or prescribed approval.
- Applies the ban while an application is being considered.
Corporations and their close associates who apply for Commonwealth grants, tenders, or prescribed approvals, licences or permits.
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