In 2022 the top 10 individual donors contributed $137.5 million to parties and independents, which equates to 76.9% of all donations given in the year.

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Campaign spending for the 2022 Federal Election remained at record-high levels, reaching $439.4 million.

This is arguably the highest federal election spend on record, seeing as the 2018-19 financial year also included Victorian and NSW state elections.

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“Spending in the last federal election was at a record high. We cannot continue to allow elections to be effectively bought by the highest bidder.”

~ Melbourne Law School Professor and Centre Director Joo Cheong Tham.

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Jan 31

Analysis of donations declared to the AEC over 22 years from 1998/1999-2019/2020 shows that:

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The Australian Labor Party was the largest fundraiser, raising $564.25 million;

💰33.15% of ALP donations came from associated entities
💰29.59% from associated unions
💰6.91% from the property industry

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The Coalition raised $499.16 million

💰41.78% of Coalition donations came from associated entities
💰11.39% from the property industry
💰 9.29% from individuals

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Jan 31

New research by the Centre shows that big donors are having a disproportionate impact on our political parties and elections.

A thread featuring our key findings:

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The top 5% of unique donors over the entire period contributed 76.4% of all donations (total concentration across all years).

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The top 5 individual donations make up 31.5% of all political donations

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Jan 30

Last year we created donation profiles for each political party with data ranging from 1998/99-2019/2020. This thread has some key screenshots and links to each corresponding party.

The Coalition:

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Labor

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The Greens

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Jan 29

On Wednesday, the AEC will release the annual donations data showing who funded the last election.
The Commonwealth has the weakest donation laws in the country. A🧵on how to fix this.

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1. Campaign spending caps

A set amount. For political parties/candidates and third parties. That makes participation achievable for independents and smaller parties. Follow the NSW model of setting an electorate and national cap.

2. Donation caps

Amount set to curb the influence of big donors and make participation achievable for individuals. To apply to political parties and candidates, associated entities, political campaigners and third parties

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