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NOVEMBER 20, 2012 China’s new leadership—personalities, process, politics, priorities Image source: Wikimedia commons China’s eighteenth National Communist Party Congress has concluded with the unveiling of its new leadership team, the Politburo Standing Committee. This is the fourth leadership transition since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power in 1949

Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Context ................................................................................................................................................ 3 New South Wales ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Election funding arrangements .......................................................................................................... 5 Election Campaigns Fund ............................................................................................................... 5 Administration Fund ...................................................................................................................... 8 Policy Development Fund .............................................................................................................. 9 Disclosure and donations rules ........................................................................................................... 9 Disclosure of Political donations .................................................................................................. 10 Disclosure

    FEBRUARY 27, 2012 Prime ministers and ALP leadership challenges update Today’s leadership challenge to Prime Minister Gillard is the seventh in the last fifty years, and the sixth involving a party room ballot. On 7 November 1969 David Fairbairn and William McMahon both challenged Prime Minister Gorton. It

  FEBRUARY 13, 2012 Disclosing the political dollars: US and Australia Image: Australian Electoral Commission On 1 February 2012, the Australian Electoral Commission released the 2010-11 annual financial disclosure returns from political parties, associated entities, donors and third parties who incur political expenditure. The combined receipts totalled almost $231 million.

    ISSN 1328‐8091  Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 43, 2010-11  17 November 2010 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations  and Other Measures) Bill 2010  Brenton Holmes, Nicholas Horne  Politics and Public Administration Section  Diane Spooner  Law and Bills Digest Section  Contents  Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3  Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4  The previous Bills—the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and  Other Measures) Bill 2008 and the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political  Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2009 ....................................................................................... 4  Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 5  Broader electoral reform agenda ....................................................................................................... 7  Media commentary ............................................................................................................................ 8  Positions of the Coalition, non‐government parties, and independents ........................................... 9  Financial implications ............................................................................................................................. 10  Summary of key measures in the Bill ..................................................................................................... 11  Electoral funding ............................................................................................................................... 11  A new claims process ................................................................................................................... 12  Electoral expenditure .................................................................................................................. 14  Disclosure thresholds ........................................................................................................................ 15  Disclosure timeframes and reporting periods .................................................................................. 16  For donors .................................................................................................................................... 17  For political parties, associated entities and those incurring political expenditure ................... 17  Foreign donations ............................................................................................................................. 19  Anonymous donations ...................................................................................................................... 20  Penalties, offences and compliance ................................................................................................. 22  Key provisions ........................................................................................................................................ 24  Definition amendments .................................................................................................................... 24  Entitlement to electoral funding ...................................................................................................... 25  Making a claim for electoral funding ................................................................................................ 25  Payment of electoral funding ........................................................................................................... 26  Miscellaneous ................................................................................................................................... 26  Disclosure thresholds and reporting ................................................................................................. 27  Foreign and anonymous donations amendments ............................................................................ 28  Penalties and offences ...................................................................................................................... 29   

Parliamentary library briefing book: Key Issues for the 43rd Parliament Page | 10 Page | 11 Parliament and public administration reform electoral administration was a key area for legislative amendment during the previous parliament. Proposals to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 arose

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament RESEARCH PAPER www.aph.gov.au/library 2 February 2009, no. 20, 2008-09, ISSN 1834-9854 Conscience votes during the Howard Government 1996-2007 Deirdre McKeown and Rob Lundie Politics and Public Administration Section Executive summary • During the Howard

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 20 August 2008, no. 6, 2008-09, ISSN 1328-8091 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 Diane Spooner Law and Bills Digest Section Nicholas Horne Politics and Public Administration