Incoming electoral reforms will cap the amounts parties can spend on election campaigning, but it’s still far too high. Here’s what the rules should be instead.
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And Labour should consider how it will look in the eyes of voters too.
It’s the latest financial controversy to rock the party.
Nigel Farage made several claims during his lengthy resignation speech.
A huge amount of money flows into campaigns in the United States. For 20 years, the Supreme Court has been loosening rules for who can contribute and how much. It just loosened the rules again.
After the High Court struck down the state government’s previous attempt, Victoria had no donations laws at all. Here’s what the proposed new ones say.
Should voters – and Reform UK – be worried about the size of the gift?
One of the frontrunners in the landmark by-election, independent Michelle Milthorpe, as well as One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce, also joined us on the podcast.
The High Court has rendered invalid an entire part of Victoria’s Electoral Act because it favours major parties at the expense of independents and smaller parties.
With billions in Australian taxpayers’ dollars being spent ahead of the Games, what’s the argument for lifting the ban now?
Huge amounts of money flowed into the coffers of Australian political parties in the lead up to the most recent federal election. Here’s who gave the most.
When foundations make grants to DAFs, the digital trail normally created instead becomes a dead end.
Thailand-based businessman Christopher Harborne has given the largest ever single donation to a British political party.
The husband of antisemitism special envoy Jillian Segal has donated to Advance. Here’s what the group’s all about.
Whoever forms government after this weekend, here are 5 key areas to get better value for taxpayers’ money and reduce the sway of powerful lobby groups over policy.
When it comes to political donations from alcohol and gambling companies, the Australian public is often in the dark, research shows, despite recent reforms.
The new politIcal donation laws will have a dramatic affect on how federal elections are funded in Australia. Could they entrench the major parties and compromise our democracy?
The biggest changes to the electoral donations laws in 40 years risk undermining democracy by favouring the major parties over independents.
While there’s plenty of information in the latest data disclosure, Australians are still in the dark about exactly who funds our political parties at election time.
Victoria’s political donations laws favour the major parties - and now a High Court challenge may test their constitutional validity.
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