Donations Day: live coverage of political bribes

The Big Four audit/consultancy firms KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and EY are again among Australia’s largest political donors. 

Collectively, they receive more than half a billion dollars a year in consultancy contracts from the Federal Government alone.

KPMG donations for 2020: ALP $31,500, Liberal Party: $27,500

EY donations: ALP $27,500 and Liberal Party:

Deloitte: Labor $31,127, Liberal $61,835, National: $2000

Total donations for Liberal Party for 2020 amount to $57m. Labor picked up $55m, Nationals $12.4m, Clive Palmer $10.2m, Greens $7.2m and One Nation $5.8m.

Things to bear in mind about the data:

• It’s old. Cut off date for reporting is June 30 last year.
• It is Covid affected – to the tune of four months – as the pandemic hit…