Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The arrangements that are in place and which have been reformed occasionally over the years in different ways are arrangements which do provide for the publication of details. I see across today's media that there is scrutiny given to that. All members of political parties are aware that such donations will be published and the donors who make those donations are aware that they will be published. In doing so, as I said, that gives transparency across the system and ensures our democracy, which is a free democracy in which people are free to engage—including to give money as part of that process.

If there are any areas where there might be, arguably, a lack of transparency it's probably in relation to some of those non-political party entities—those like GetUp or others—whose funding sources— (Time expired)