Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

I will tell you, Senator Bilyk, because you have an interest in this thing. He's a Gold Coast based algorithm specialist and he is a member of the secret punters club gambling group connected with the Museum of Old and New Art founder, David Walsh. I am not sure how much closer you need to get to the gambling industry than the $5,000 that Mr Turpie donated but that's not the end of it. They say they don't want corporate donations; they don't want big money. We found out in the election before last that Prime Minister Turnbull made the biggest donation personally of a private donor in the history of Australian politics. But, up until former Prime Minister Turnbull donated that massive amount of money, who was the biggest single donor in Australian political history? Well, it was the founder of the online travel business Wotif, who donated $1.6 million.