Donor Money in the Electoral Processes

Money is involved in electioneering.

A lot of money!

Political parties and organisations raise funds - they depend on donations.

The Transparency register provides raw data, such as:

$10,108,548 electoral expenditure by Advance Australia. That body received $13,459,036.

The data is published by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).

Here is a QR code to the page. I think it was created by Chrome - just came up as an option. (It worked OK as a test on my computer with my phone.)

However, the direct AEC website has a lot more data and many options.

https://transparency.aec.gov.au/

Entities involved in elections are required by law to furnish the information to the AEC.

In my case there are no monies involved at all. Nil. I suppose I could put a price on my time (?) and device and ISP use(?). However, I do not see myself as a "significant third party". I do not seek to influence votes. 

Yours sincerely

Allen Hampton

Coburg

achamptonmob@gmail.com