Interesting links on Australian campaign finance
January 31, 2019
Here are links to some interesting stories and documents relevant to Australia's woeful system of campaign finance regulation and disclosure.
Page on the AEC website where the data is dumped
Bold NSW reforms which the Baird Government has vowed to pursue
2008 electoral funding green paper (102 pages) released by Rudd Government
John Faulkner "Light on the Hill" lecture calling for reform in 2014
2011 Parliamentary report (300 pages) into campaign finance and election campaigns
Senator John Madigan successfully forces another donations inquiry in October 2015
SMH editorial in October 2015 as Jeff McCloy challenged donations ban in High Court
All documents and video of hearings in 2015 High Court case challenging NSW donations ban
Dutch company cashes up WA branch of the MUA seeking industrial peace
Bill Shorten fails to disclose $40,000 Unibilt campaign donation in 2007
Brickworks dodges donations ban on NSW developers by going Federal
Stephen Mayne's 10 favourite historical donations stories
ALP reliance on revenue from pokies venues in Canberra
British Lord gives record $1m donation to John Howard in 2006
The Age splashes with details of $20,000 Clubs NSW donation to Kevin Andrews
Peter Costello leaves parliament, tries to retain control of $1m fundraising stash in Higgins
Failed insurer HIH a big donor which strongly favoured the Liberals
Rich Lister Rob Millner urges coal shareholders to vote Liberal
How Queensland laws revealed Packer's 250k for Bob Katter a week after funds were paid
Fairfax wrap on $22m mining industry campaign to remove Kevin Rudd
PM Tony Abbott use RAAF jet to attend birthday bash of 750k donor Paul Marks
How Graeme Wood's $1.6m helped Greens secure Senate balance of power in 2010
Useful Democracy For Sale website maintained by NSW Greens
Where are the balance sheets? Only churches get more disclosure concessions
Sinodinos as NSW Liberal Party Treasurer unaware of $72,000 donation by company he chaired
How Campbell Newman weakened Australia's best donations disclosure regime
After giving millions in the 1990s, Village Roadshow cranks up the donations again
ALP returns 500k from wife of Macau gambling mogul Stanley Ho
Labor's record 1999 fundraiser: who sat with who at huge 1999 $1000 a head dinnner
Graham Richardson advises billionaire Lang Walker over 100k donation during Kew Cottages tender
City of Melbourne's conflicts of interest register: unique in Australia with multiple donation triggers
Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle vows to reveal donors before 2016 election
Westfield's 150k goes to NSW Liberalss through Federal foundation when developer donations banned
How Rich Lister Rob Gerard dodged tax, hid Liberal donations and made it onto the RBA board
Clive Palmer's 2013-14 return showing $28.7m in funding, including $15m from Queensland Nickel
The dark side of Dick Pratt: a top 5 Liberal donor of all time
List of past ICAC investigations: not much on campaign finance
ICAC's 2014 investigation into Australian Water Holdings which can big donations theme
ICAC's 2002 Rockdale investigation which recommended developer donations reform
Liberal Party donors with colourful connections and a successful visa application
Media Watch assesses Alan Jones attacks on Courier Mail over mining industry influence and donations
ABC's PM program covers opaque "other receipts" issue in 2008
Queensland independent Peter Wellington forces campaign finance inquiry on QLD Labor
Links to important campaign finance stories and documents after 2016 data dump at 9am on February 1
Comedian Charlie Pickering lampoons our woeful system
Lenore Taylor on the need for campaign finance reform
The Guardian's overall wrap of the figures
Incomplete ABC list of all donations
More comprehensive Crikey list of 2014-15 campaign finance figures
Crikey wrap on how Tony Abbott scared away donors
Fairfax's Adam Gartrell comes up with complete overall numbers
News Corp tabloid columnist Joe Hildebrand lampoons Stuart Robert
Mike Seccombe feature on dodgy finance in The Saturday Paper
The Herald Sun's Shaun Carney savages Scott Morrison for backing Stuart Robert
CFMEU mis-allocates $847,000 property sale to a fleet purchases
The World Today leads with donations data
Peter Lloyd on PM program exposes parties and donors in the bunker
The World Today goes hard and early about Stuart Robert on day the yarn breaks
Peter Van Onselen attacks all Federal politicians for rorting
Fairfax report on Nats taking tobacco cash
The Australian on Labor Holdings and the Cormack Foundation
Mayne in Crikey on why media is to blame for our campaign finance system
Greens leader Richard di Natale reluctant to criticise union donations
Neil Mitchell lacks substance on campaign finance reform
AFR on property donors: Westfield winds it right back
Mayne piece in Crikey on 6 juicy campaign snippets
Bernard Keane on why we are groping in the dark on campaign finance
The Australian ignores systemic flaws, editorialises against Clive Palmer
The Australian's Mark Coultan on NSW Libs and their $7m loan from Westpac
ABC online column on why donations data is so bad
How The Telegraph covered Palmer's campaign finance disclosures
Tassie Libs totally dependent on mainland financiers
Crikey piece on the stars aligning for campaign finance reform
Lots in the 20-30k range for Campbell Newman's failed campaign
Federal Liberal return discloses 100k from ANZ
Cormack Foundation gives Victorian Libs $4.4m in 2014-15
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