NSW Government Bulletin - 29 October 2014

The Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Amendment Bill 2014 (NSW) (Election Funding Bill) was introduced into Parliament on 14 October 2014. The Bill proposed provisions in relation to elections generally and included the following proposed provisions which would be applicable to the 2015 State Election only:

• a one-off disclosure of political donations from 1 July 2014 to 1 February 2015 (this date was subsequently amended to 1 March 2015) in relation to political donations received during that period in relation to the State Election or elected members of Parliament. The one-off disclosure is required to be lodged and published;
• a cap on political donations and electoral campaign expenditure to the levels that applied in the 2011 State Election;