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National affairs An election-funding first, but at what cost? Graeme Orr 25 June 2024 Could South Australia’s plan for fully publicly funded elections sever a last link between parties and people? National affairs It’s time — for the Palmer electoral law Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells 23 May 2019 This year’s election exposed deep flaws in campaign finance rules National affairs How federal politicians can regain their integrity Kate Griffiths and Danielle Wood 29 March 2019 With one scandal following another, the obvious reforms are long overdue National affairs Paying the piper, but not quite calling the tune James Murphy 6 August 2018 The finance industry is over-represented among political donors. But hedging your bets only gets you so far

National affairs Taking xenophobia out of the political donation debate Joo-Cheong Tham & Malcolm Anderson 20 October 2016 The controversy over foreign political donations can easily be coloured by prejudice. The vital first step is to define what we mean by “foreign” National affairs Is the party over? Graeme Orr 7 October 2016 With the parties under growing pressure to reform political finance, the only real obstacle is a lack of will International New York: where political finance never sleeps Graeme Orr 4 February 2014 The United States isn’t the obvious place to look for ideas about how to clean up political funding. But Graeme Orr found a New York agency that can teach us a lot… National affairs Political donations: the real-time disclosure option Brian Costar 8 August 2013 Labor failed to take the opportunity to make historic changes to campaign finance disclosure, writes Brian Costar