Electoral Affairs

Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission — Seventh Report

Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission — Seventh Report — “Unfinished business: The Corruption and Crime Commission’s response to the Committee’s report on Dr Cunningham and Ms Atoms” — Motion

Resumed from 13 March on the following motion moved by Hon Alison Xamon —

That the report be noted.

Who is paying for political parties? House votes against transparency measures

Yesterday, the Legislative Council voted against a range of political donations transparency measures.

Hon Alison Xamon, the Greens WA spokesperson for Electoral Affairs called on the Legislative Council to support banning foreign donations, introducing real time reporting of donations and fixing the inconsistencies across jurisdictions.

“I was disappointed, but not surprised to see the major parties choose to back away from telling the public who is giving them money and when.”

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