Victoria’s new electoral laws passed early this morning will reduce the influence of big money, reinstate transparency, and deals with the nominated entity loophole, though close examination post-election needed
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Victoria’s new electoral laws will limit the influence of big money, reinstate transparency, though risks remain without proper expenditure caps.
This document highlights the key integrity reforms our federal parliament must enact if we are to build a more democratic Australia.
The last-minute electoral reform deal with the Coalition risks unfairly benefiting the major parties and doesn’t go far enough to get big money out of politics, says Transparency International Australia.
With only two weeks of parliament remaining, the government must negotiate much-needed transparency reforms to Australia’s political financing laws, anti-corruption NGO Transparency International (TI) Australia has urged.
The lack of transparency of Commonwealth political donations has long been criticised. We welcome the Government’s proposal to reduce the donation disclosure threshold to $1,000 and finally implement real-time disclosure. However, we are united in our view that the Government’s proposed Bill should otherwise not proceed in its current form.
The annual political donation disclosures released today by the Australian Electoral Commission show that political parties continue to receive tens of millions of dollars of ‘dark money’ – showing a serious lack of integrity and transparency in our political system.
An unprecedented gathering of Australia’s leading anti-corruption and integrity experts has met for an extraordinary two-day integrity summit in Melbourne (29 & 30 August) to discuss some of the most significant challenges facing Australia today.
Oz Minerals has agreed to $9.3m settlement after self-reporting foreign bribery, highlighting the need for a carrot and stick approach to enforcement.
Transparency International Australia calls on the Australian government to deny Tigers Realm Coal a permit to continue sanctioned mining activities in Russia.