11 June 2013, 110613, funding of political parties, political donations, public funding
Q. Currently political parties and candidates receive public funding for election campaigning based on their votes at elections. They can also receive funding in the form of donations from individuals, organisations (including unions) and businesses. There is no limit on donations but amounts of more than $12,000 must be publically disclosed.
Do you think political parties and candidates should receive some public funding or should they be totally funded by donations?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Should receive some public funding |
29% |
33% |
27% |
51% |
|
| Should be totally funded by donations |
47% |
41% |
53% |
35% |
|
| Don’t know |
23% |
26% |
20% |
14% |
29% agree that political parties and candidates should receive some public funding and 47% think they should be totally funded by donations.
Those most likely to support some public funding were Greens voters (51%), men (35%), aged 18-34 (34%) and people on incomes over $1,600pw (37%).
11 June 2013, 110613, disclosure, political donations
Q. At what level should donations to political parties and candidates be publically disclosed?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Donations over $1,000 should be disclosed |
36% |
37% |
30% |
51% |
|
| Donations over $5,000 should be disclosed |
26% |
24% |
30% |
28% |
|
| Donations over $12,000 should be disclosed |
17% |
18% |
19% |
11% |
|
| Donations should not have to be disclosed at all |
5% |
6% |
6% |
1% |
|
| Don’t know |
16% |
15% |
15% |
9% |
Only 5% think that political donations should not have to be disclosed – 79% think they should be disclosed at some level. 36% favour disclosure of donations over $1,000 and a further 26% think they should be disclosed over $5,000.