Victorian Electoral Commission Removes Donation Register
The Victorian Electoral Commission has taken down its real-time donations register. This action has created what commentators describe as an information and expenditure black hole regarding political funding. The move affects the transparency of political donations in the region. This action follows a High Court decision, referred to as the 'Hopper decision'. The removal means there is no visibility of donations that may have flowed in ahead of the Hopper decision or in preparation for the Naipan by-election. The entire transparency register is now inaccessible, preventing access to historical donation data.
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Sources · 7 independent
ABC Radio National
“the Victorian Electoral Commission has taken down its real-time donations register. So this really is an information and expenditure black hole.”
ABC NewsRadio AU
“The entire transparency register on the VEC website has been removed in the wake of the Hopper decision.”
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