Division Description Changes — Political Donations — 30th Nov 2006

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senate vote 2006-11-30#3

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on 2016-02-25 14:07:34

Title

  • Political Donations
  • Motions - Political Donations - Developers

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Andrew Murray</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <dl><dt></dt><dd>That, in view of:<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>the instances of developers being identified in investigations into corrupt influence in local government, and other levels of government;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>public and media perceptions of improper conduct and influence by developers; and</dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>calls for donations, loans, gifts and favours from developers to be prohibited,</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>the Senate calls on the Prime Minister (Mr Howard) to put this matter before the Council of Australian Governments with a view to designing amendments to all federal, state and territory electoral laws by 1 July 2007 prohibiting donations, loans, or gifts by developers, either directly or indirectly, to candidates or political parties at any level of government.</p>
  • The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-11-30.20.2) introduced by Australian Democrats Senator [Andrew Murray](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/andrew_murray), which means that it failed.
  • ### Wording of the motion
  • > *That, in view of:*
  • >> *(a) the instances of developers being identified in investigations into corrupt influence in local government, and other levels of government;*
  • >> *(b) public and media perceptions of improper conduct and influence by developers; and*
  • >> *(c) calls for donations, loans, gifts and favours from developers to be prohibited,*
  • > *the Senate calls on the Prime Minister ([Mr Howard](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/bennelong/john_howard)) to put this matter before the [Council of Australian Governments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Australian_Governments) with a view to designing amendments to all federal, state and territory electoral laws by 1 July 2007 prohibiting donations, loans, or gifts by developers, either directly or indirectly, to candidates or political parties at any level of government.*
  • <p>Question put.</p>