Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

All Australians—including Graeme Wood and Duncan Turpie, who have made considerable donations to the Australian Greens over a number of years—are entitled to participate in the democratic process by financially supporting candidates and political parties. Australia has an appropriately robust system to regulate the disclosure and the reporting of political donations, overseen by the independent Australian Electoral Commission.

In recent years this government has implemented several reforms to improve the integrity and transparency of the electoral system. This includes banning foreign donations, ensuring political campaigners are subject to reporting and disclosure requirements similar to those for political parties, and funding of the modernisation of the AEC's Transparency Register to make it easier to access information. The government is considering the recommendations made by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, a joint and multipartisan committee that deals with these matters.