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Briefing Paper No.08/2007 by Gareth Griffith and Talina Drabsch
Since 2001 the NSW Parliamentary Library has published two papers on election finance law: Election Finance Law: Public Funding, Donations and Expenditure by Rachel Callinan, Briefing Paper No 15/2001 and Election Finance Law: An Update by Talina Drabsch, Briefing Paper No 13/2005. This current publication seeks only to cover those developments and proposals for reform which have emerged since the earlier papers were released. For reference, however, a summary of the position in NSW is included.
Comparative tables are also set out under the following headings:
- models of public funding for election campaigns
- disclosure donation regimes
- donor prohibitions
- limits on campaign expenditure
- third party campaign expenditure prohibitions.
Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion.