

2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Senator Lambie)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Disclosing gifts 3
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 3
Schedule 2—AEC Disclosure Portal 10
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 10
Schedule 3—Reforming returns 15
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 15
Schedule 4—Monitoring and investigation powers 22
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 22
Schedule 5—Anonymous gifts 27
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 27
Schedule 6—Transitional provisions 36
A Bill for an Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Act 2020 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.