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More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it

  • Written by Kate Griffiths, Fellow, Grattan Institute
More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it

Political parties in Australia collectively received $168 million in donations for the financial year 2019-20. Today, Australians finally get to see where some of the money came from with the release of data from the Australian Electoral Commission.

While the big donors will make the headlines, they are only the tip of the iceberg. More than half...

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