House of Representatives Committees

| Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1] The Fair Work Australia report table of contents lists Annexures A to M. Annexure J covered the Report on suspected irregularities in the expenditure of the National Office of the Health Services Union 2002-2007, which contained the findings of an independent investigation undertaken by Slater & Gordon Lawyers and Accountants’ BDO Kendalls.

[2] Letter from the Electoral Commissioner, Mr Ed Killesteyn, to the Special Minister of State, the Hon Gary Gray AO MP, dated 16 May 2012.

[3] Letter from the Electoral Commissioner, Mr Ed Killesteyn, to the Special Minister of State, the Hon Gary Gray AO MP, dated 16 May 2012.

[4] Letter from the Electoral Commissioner, Mr Ed Killesteyn, to the Special Minister of State, the Hon Gary Gray AO MP, dated 16 May 2012.

[5] Fair Work Australia, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia – Investigation into the National Office of the Health Services Union under section 331 of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, 28 March 2012, p. 651.

[6] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, pp. 1079-1080.

[7] Mr Craig Thomson MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 May 2012, pp. 4715-4716.

[8] Australian Electoral Commission, Reporting obligations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, May 2012, p. 15.

[9] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 3.

[10] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 3.

[11] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 4.

[12] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 18.

[13] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, pp. 62-65.

[14] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 65.

[15] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 64.

[16] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 65.

[17] Mr Craig Thomson MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 May 2012, pp. 4715-4728.

[18] Mr Craig Thomson MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 May 2012, p. 4719.

[19] Mr Terry Nassios, FWA, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 4.

Chapter 2 FWA report on the HSU and AEC analysis

[1] Letter from the Electoral Commissioner, Mr Ed Killesteyn, to the Special Minister of State, the Hon Gary Gray AO MP, dated 16 May 2012.

[2] Fair Work Australia, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia – Investigation into the National Office of the Health Services Union under section 331 of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, 28 March 2012, p. 631.

[3] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 653.

[4] Mr Terry Nassios, FWA, Committee Hansard, 22 August 2012, Canberra, p. 3.

[5] Australian Electoral Commission, Reporting obligations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 15.

[6] AEC analysis of the FWA report, Annex 3, pp. 62-65.

[7] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 1.

[8] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 2.

[9] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 16.

[10] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 3.

[11] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 3.

[12] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 1.

[13] Mr Terry Nassios, FWA, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 8.

[14] Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 16.

[15] Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 32.

[16] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, pp. 15-16.

[17] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 8.

[18] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 633.

[19] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, pp. 650-651.

[20] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, pp. 62.

[21] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 9.

[22] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 63.

[23] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 63.

[24] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 62.

[25] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 9.

[26] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 63.

[27] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 62.

[28] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 63.

[29] AEC analysis of the FWA report, pp. 641-642.

[30] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 642.

[31] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 9.

[32] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 64.

[33] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 64.

[34] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 62.

[35] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 645.

[36] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 9.

[37] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 64.

[38] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 64.

[39] AEC, Submission 1, Annex 3, p. 62.

[40] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 644.

[41] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 9.

[42] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 9.

[43] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 646.

[44] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 10.

[45] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 648.

[46] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 10.

[47] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 650.

[48] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 10.

[49] AEC, Submission 1, p. 64.

[50] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 64-65.

[51] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 655.

[52] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, pp. 658-659.

[53] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 687.

[54] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 47.

[55] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 47.

[56] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 688.

[57] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 689.

[58] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 11.

[59] AEC analysis of the FWA report, pp. 10-11.

[60] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 11.

[61] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 694.

[62] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 694.

[63] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 691.

[64] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 701.

[65] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 701.

[66] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 702.

[67] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 703.

[68] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 701.

[69] AEC analysis of the FWA report, pp. 11-12.

[70] AEC analysis of the FWA report, pp. 11-12.

[71] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 176.

[72] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 177.

[73] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 720.

[74] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 720.

[75] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 47.

[76] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 722.

[77] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 723.

[78] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 12.

[79] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 738.

[80] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 724.

[81] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 738.

[82] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 737.

[83] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, pp. 736-737.

[84] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 13.

[85] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 740.

[86] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 742.

[87] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 743.

[88] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 744.

[89] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 13.

[90] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 13.

[91] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 746.

[92] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 747.

[93] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 13.

[94] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, pp. 748-749.

[95] FWA, Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 750.

[96] AEC analysis of the FWA report, p. 14.

[97] Letter from National Secretary, HSU National Office, to Chief Legal Officer, AEC, dated 13 October 2009. Copy reproduced in Submission 1.3.

[98] Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 16.

[99] Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 18.

[100] Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, pp. 7-8. See also Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, pp. 16-22.

[101] AEC, Submission 1.2, p. 2.

[102] Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, pp. 30-31. See also AEC, Submission 1.3.

[103] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 9.

[104] Mr Terry Nassios, FWA, Committee Hansard, 16 August 2012, Canberra, p. 6.

[105] KPMG, Process review of Fair Work Australia’s investigations into the Health Services Union, 17 August 2012, p. 2.

[106] FWA, Release of the review into HSU investigations, Media Release, 21 August 2012, available at <http://www.fwa.gov.au/index.cfm?pagename=aboutmediareleases>

[107] KPMG, Process review of Fair Work Australia’s investigations into the Health Services Union, 17 August 2012, p. 3.

[108] KPMG, Process review of Fair Work Australia’s investigations into the Health Services Union, 17 August 2012, p. 5.

[109] KPMG, Process review of Fair Work Australia’s investigations into the Health Services Union, 17 August 2012, p. 4.

[110] FWA, Release of the review into HSU investigations, Media Release, 21 August 2012, available at <http://www.fwa.gov.au/index.cfm?pagename=aboutmediareleases>

[111] FWA, Release of the review into HSU investigations, Media Release, 21 August 2012, available at <http://www.fwa.gov.au/index.cfm?pagename=aboutmediareleases>

Chapter 3 AEC possible measures for consideration

[1] Letter from the Electoral Commissioner, Mr Ed Killesteyn, to the Special Minister of State, the Hon Gary Gray AO MP, dated 16 May 2012.

[2] Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Advisory Report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008, October 2008.

[3] JSCEM, Advisory Report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008, October 2008, p. 51.

[4] JSCEM, Advisory Report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008, October 2008, p. 51

[5] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011.

[6] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 49.

[7] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 217.

[8] Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 1, pp. 13-14.

[9] AEC, Submission 1, p. 14.

[10] AEC, Submission 1, p. 12.

[11] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 3.

[12] AEC, <http://aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/public_funding/threshold.htm>, viewed 28 August 2012.

[13] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 180.

[14] AEC, Submission 1.2, p. 2.

[15] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 181.

[16] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 186.

[17] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 34.

[18] AEC, Submission 1, p. 15.

[19] AEC, Supplementary submission 19.1 to JSCEM inquiry into the funding of political parties and election campaigns, p. 3.

[20] Emailed correspondence from the AEC, dated 22 June 2012.

[21] Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 34.

[22] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 14-15.

[23] AEC, Submission 1, p. 16.

[24] JSCEM, Report on the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns, November 2011, p. 146.

[25] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 70.

[26] Explanatory Memorandum, Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, p. 13; B Holmes, N Horne, and D Spooner, Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, Bills Digest no. 43 2010-11, Parliament of Australia, pp. 12-13.

[27] AEC, Submission 1.2, p. 2.

[28] B Holmes et al., Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, Bills Digest no. 43 2010-11, Parliament of Australia, pp. 23-24.

[29] JSCEM, Report on the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns, 2011, p. 188.

[30] AEC, Submission 1, p. 16.

[31] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 34.

[32] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 16-17.

[33] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 51.

[34] AEC, Submission 1, p. 17.

[35] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 9 and 11.

[36] AEC, <http://aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/financial_disclosure/guides/
associated-entities.htm>, viewed 20 June 2012.

[37] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 173.

[38] AEC, Supplementary submission 19.1 to JSCEM Inquiry into the funding of political parties and election campaigns, p. 8.

[39] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, Recommendation 25, p. 176.

[40] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 1.

[41] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 1.

[42] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 17-18.

[43] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 2.

[44] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 20.

[45] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 34.

[46] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 2.

[47] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 20.

[48] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 17-18.

[49] Canada Elections Act, ss. 319, 349 and 353.

[50] Elections Canada, <http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&document=
index&dir=thi/que&lang=e>, viewed 20 June 2012.

[51] Elections Canada, <http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&document=
index&dir=thi/que&lang=e>, viewed 20 June 2012.

[52] The Electoral Commission, UK, < http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/legislation/third-partiespermitted-participants/third-parties>, viewed 20 June 2012.

[53] The Electoral Commission, UK, < http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/legislation/third-partiespermitted-participants/third-parties>, viewed 20 June 2012.

[54] The Electoral Commission, UK, < http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/party-finance/legislation/third-partiespermitted-participants/third-parties>, viewed 20 June 2012.

[55] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 3.

[56] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 3.

[57] Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 20.

[58] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 3.

[59] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2012, Canberra, p. 34.

[60] AEC, Submission 1, p. 18.

[61] AEC, Submission 1, p. 18.

[62] JSCEM, Report on the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns, 2011, p. 25.

[63] JSCEM, Report on the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns, 2011, p. 29.

[64] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 55.

[65] AEC, Submission 1, p. 19.

[66] AEC, Election Funding and Disclosure Report: Federal Election 2010, 2011, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 16.

[67] AEC, Submission 1, p. 19.

[68] AEC, Election Funding and Disclosure Report: Federal Election 2010, 2011, p. 43.

[69] AEC, Election Funding and Disclosure Report: Federal Election 2010, 2011, p. 70.

[70] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 67.

[71] AEC, Submission 1, p. 20.

[72] AEC, Submission 1, p. 20.

[73] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 20-21.

[74] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 3.

[75] AEC, Election Funding and Disclosure Report: Federal Election 2010, 2011, p. 27.

[76] AEC, Submission 1.2, p. 3.

[77] AEC, Submission 1, p. 21.

[78] AEC, Submission 1, p. 21.

[79] AEC, Submission 1, p. 21.

[80] AEC, Submission 1, p. 22.

[81] AEC, Election Funding and Disclosure Report: Federal Election 2010, 2011, p. 26.

[82] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 19.

[83] Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform, First Report, September 1983, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 168.

[84] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 186.

[85] B Holmes et al., Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, Bills Digest no. 43 2010-11, Parliament of Australia, pp. 16-17.

[86] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 3.

[87] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 3.

[88] AEC, Reporting obligations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, p. 18.

[89] AEC, Submission 19.1 to JSCEM inquiry into the funding of political parties and election campaigns, p. 3.

[90] Australian Electoral Commission, Reporting obligations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Report of the Delegate to the General Manager of Fair Work Australia, May 2012, p. 18.

[91] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 4.

[92] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 4.

[93] Explanatory Memorandum, Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, 2010, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, p. 29.

[94] Explanatory Memorandum, Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, 2010, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, p. 26.

[95] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, pp. 54-55; JSCEM, Advisory report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008, October 2008, Recommendation 3.

[96] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, pp. 65-67.

[97] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 229.

[98] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 67.

[99] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 55;

[100] AEC, Submission 1, p. 23.

[101] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 67.

[102] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 6.

[103] AEC, Submission 1, p. 12.

[104] AEC, Submission 1, p. 24.

[105] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 52.

[106] JSCEM, Report on the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns, November 2011, p. 104.

[107] JSCEM, Report on the Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns, November 2011, p. 104.

[108] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 67.

[109] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 67.

[110] AEC, Submission 1, p. 24.

[111] AEC, Submission 1, p. 24.

[112] AEC, Submission 1, p. 24.

[113] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 72.

[114] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 70.

[115] JSCEM, Report on the funding of political parties and election campaigns, November 2011, p. 211.

[116] AEC, Submission 1, p. 25.

[117] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 9.

[118] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 10.

[119] Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 15.

[120] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 6.

[121] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 7.

[122] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 8.

[123] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 8.

[124] UK Electoral Commission, Enforcement Policy, December 2010, UK Parliament, p. 3.

[125] UK Electoral Commission, Enforcement Policy, December 2010, UK Parliament, p. 4.

[126] AEC, Submission 1, p. 25.

[127] JSCEM, Advisory report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008, October 2008.

[128] JSCEM, Advisory report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008, October 2008, p. iii.

[129] B Holmes et al., Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010, Bills Digest no. 43 2010-11, Parliament of Australia, pp. 14-15.

[130] AEC, Submission 1, p. 26.

[131] AEC, Submission 1, p. 26.

[132] AEC, Submission 1, p. 26.

[133] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 70.

[134] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 71.

[135] AEC, Submission 1, p. 15.

[136] AEC, Submission 1, p. 15.

[137] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 10.

[138] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 11.

[139] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 10.

[140] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 10.

[141] AEC, Submission 1, p. 27.

[142] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 72.

[143] Australian Government, Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure, December 2008, Commonwealth of Australia, p. 71.

[144] AEC, Submission 1, pp. 27-28.

[145] AEC, Submission 1.1, p. 11.

Dissenting report – The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP, The Hon Alex Somlyay MP, Senator Scott Ryan and Senator Simon Birmingham

[1] Transcript of proceedings, Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009, 11.00AM, THURSDAY, 15 APRIL 2010

[2] p 222

[3] Testimony of Mr Nassios