Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donations Reform) Bill 2014
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Lee Rhiannon
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-12-04
- second reading — 2014-12-04
- second reading — 2016-03-03
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-04-19
- other — 2016-05-09
- other — 2016-08-31
- 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 2014-12-04.
The bill would ban political donations from certain types of businesses.
It would change the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to prohibit donations from property developers, tobacco, liquor, gambling, and mining industry entities, as well as organisations representing them.
The ban would start six months after the bill receives royal assent.
- Prohibits donations from property developers.
- Prohibits donations from tobacco industry businesses.
- Prohibits donations from liquor, gambling, and mining industry businesses.
- Prohibits donations from organisations whose members are mainly those industries.
Political donors and recipients in the listed industries, and their representative organisations.
Sources
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