Cross-party recommends ban on foreign donations to political parties

The Coalition, Labor and the Greens have agreed that foreign donations to political parties should be banned.

Thượng nghị sĩ Tự Do Linda Reynolds Source: AAP

In a landmark report released today (fri 10/3), a cross-party committee recommended harsh penalties for any party, or affiliated group like a trade union, caught accepting donations from overseas.

But that is where the bipartisanship ends.

The Coalition wants to go further and apply the ban to to so-called 'third parties', like the left-wing lobby group GetUp.

And that provision threatens the support of Labor and the Greens.