Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The government, based on advice not just from our own officials but also from the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, has made the ban on foreign political donations as effective as possible considering the constraints that we face under our Constitution. Under our Constitution we are not able to ban donations from Australian residents or from Australian companies, so this ban on foreign political donations has been structured to be as effective as possible, as mindful of the limitations in terms of our authority to legislate to that effect under our Constitution.