The piecemeal nature of Australia’s political donations disclosure regime has been exposed in the past few weeks by three separate money-in-politics stories involving Anthony Albanese, Pauline Hanson, and Angus Taylor.Albanese, Hanson and Taylor appear to have done nothing wrong under the letter of the existing laws. Yet all three have also cited technical compliance with those obligations to not directly answer questions about their involvement (or otherwise) in the transfer of funds from vested interests to political parties.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Disclosure rules must let us track the money and influence
We need to close loopholes used by politicians to get around donation guidelines.
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