Regulating political contributions: another view from across the Tasman
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v6i3.4337Keywords:
electoral finance regimes, disclosure of contributions, limits on contributions, regulating the sale of access and influence, Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), parallel campaigns, ‘blocked exchange'Abstract
This article compares the Australian and New Zealand electoral finance regimes, with a particular focus on political contributions. Three specific areas are examined: disclosure of contributions; limits on contributions; and regulating the sale of access and influence. This examination is underpinned by what I see as the key purposes of democratic political finance regimes (Tham, 2010, ch.1): protecting the integrity of representative government, an aim which encompasses the prevention of corruption; promoting fairness in politics, especially in elections; supporting parties to discharge their functions; respecting political freedoms, in particular freedom of political expression and freedom of political association.
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