Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have a supplementary question. I again ask the minister: does this free venue hire not constitute an in-kind donation such that section 287 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act applies? Can the minister indicate whether the Prime Minister’s department will now be required to submit an annual disclosure return to the AEC declaring this in-kind donation of venue, staff and security to the Liberal Party, as required under the act, or is the government too embarrassed to list Australian taxpayers as donors to the Liberal Party?