Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Well, I have answered it. I've said that I have not received any advice which would lead me to believe that we currently have an issue in respect of foreign donations. One of the things we're doing here is reflecting the foreign donations provisions in the referendum. The last time the referendum took place, we didn't have those provisions in the referendum act. We will have them in the act now. Those provisions are there to stop foreign donations. I've got the greatest confidence in all of our authorities that, in the event that somebody were seeking to influence our referendum—foreign companies, foreign organisations—we would take the appropriate action to ensure that the law of this country applies and that those foreign donations were prohibited.