AQ: Australian Quarterly

Ten-point plan for democratic regulation of funding of federal election campaigns

1. Effective transparency of political funding

Comprehensive:
i) low disclosure threshold with amounts under threshold aggregated;
ii) covers key political actors (including third parties)
Timeliness: e.g. UK system of quarterly report + weekly reports during election campaign
Accessibility: requires analysis of trends etc (e.g. through reports

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