Election Finance Law: Public Funding, Donations and Expenditure

This paper examines three areas of election finance law. First, the public funding of election campaigns. Second, the obligation on political parties, candidates and others to disclose the source of donations and third, the regulation of election expenditure: expenditure limits and disclosure of expenditure. The eight Australian jurisdictions represent the diversity in approach to election finance taken by Australian Governments. It ranges from virtual deregulation in SA and the NT to comprehensive schemes in several jurisdictions including the Commonwealth and NSW