Senate debates

Monday, 18 April 2016

Questions without Notice

Donations to Political Parties

2:46 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Cabinet Secretary, Senator Sinodinos. I refer to the New South Wales Electoral Commission statement on the New South Wales Liberal Party regarding the use of the Free Enterprise Foundation:

… to channel and disguise donations by major political donors some of whom were prohibited donors.

I further note the statement's reference to the involvement of senior party officials, including Mr Sinodinos, in arrangements relating to the foundation, and I also refer the Cabinet Secretary to his response on 26 March 2016 denying 'any wrongdoing or illegality'. Does the Cabinet Secretary stand by this statement?

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