Eligible donors

Parliament should serve the people, and work in the best interests of all Australians. Yet our weak political donation laws mean that our democracy is for sale to the highest bidder. Money shouldn’t be able to buy political influence, access or policy outcomes yet the major parties Both the big parties take huge sums of money from dirty industries with a track record of trying to buy favourable policy outcomes.

The laws on political donations need to be cleaned up, just like the old polluting industries that exploit them.

The work of the Greens NSW in parliament and our community means political donation laws in NSW are the strongest in the country. The Greens NSW take the integrity of political donations so seriously that we have our own internal policy which requires us to not accept donations above $7,600 from an eligible donor in any financial year. This figure is indexed annually in line with the Consumer Price Index.

Donations that total $1000 or more in a financial year will be listed on the Greens NSW website, and donors may also be required to disclose these donations to the Electoral Commission.

As part of our donations policy, we do not take donations from:

  1. prohibited donors engaged in property development,
  2. tobacco business entity, or
  3. liquor or gambling business entity including a registered club if the business undertaken by the registered club includes wagering, betting or other gambling
  4. any industry representative organisation if the majority of its members are such prohibited donors 
  5. a close associate of a prohibited donor.

You can find more information on prohibited donors here.