As the AEC rushes to implement new changes to donation disclosures, Crikey can reveal that compliance with the current rules is far from perfect.

The donations were disclosed through the Australian Electoral Commission on 2 February – but not through the state-level disclosure system ...

Mining, resources and big fossil fuels donated more than $10m, or $62m if Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy donation to his Trumpet of Patriots party is included ...

The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better, if the latest public hearings on ...

Australia's anti-dumping system, in which politically powerful unions and donors benefit from decisions to protect them ...

Newly released electoral returns show the Hospitality Tasmania donated $217,000 to the Liberal Party just days before tougher ...

Billionaires Anthony Pratt and Simon Holmes à Court's Climate 200 were among the biggest donors in 2025. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas/Lukas Coch Billionaires and delivery giants were among the donors who ...

Real democratic change may not come from louder slogans, but from quietly handing ordinary citizens a formal voice inside the ...

Coal Australia says it has nothing to hide following revelations it provided funding for a group that ran attack ads against Greens, Labor and teal candidates.

Thailand's most successful party of the 21st century just had its worst election result ever, raising questions about the ...

Billionaires bet big on major parties at the federal poll but the standout spender was Clive Palmer, despite failing to get any of his candidates elected.

The Liberal Party, and the nation itself, is at a political crossroads. What happens next could redraw the Australian ...