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AEC election donation data shows millions given to political parties as former chief slams reporting rules
The Electoral Commission has released its latest donations disclosures headlined by millions of dollars from Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy company to his United Australia Party.
Key points:
- Former electoral commissioner Ed Killesteyn has criticised Australia’s donations disclosure scheme
- The latest data was released on Monday for the period 2019-20, meaning many of the donations were made more than a year ago
- Mr Killesteyn said Australia’s scheme is one of the worst in the world for informing voters at election time about donors
But some of the donations — covering the period July 2019 to June 2020 — are more than a year old, prompting former electoral commissioner Ed Killesteyn to describe the scheme as “one of the worst in the world”.
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