WILL the High Court of Australia strike down Victoria’s strict caps on political donations that favour the major parties, and the Labor Party in particular.
The so-called “law” says unions and whomever can donate millions to the big three parties, but an individual can only donate a maximum of $4000.
The case is part of a wider move by independents fighting plans to curb their fundraising, with former federal politicians Zoe Daniel and Rex Patrick also recently filing an application to the High Court to challenge federal caps on donations.
But last week the High Court case was centred on Victoria, where individual donations are now capped at $4,900 every four years.
Lawyers for independent candidates Melissa Lowe and Paul Hopper say the legislated rule places a burden on the implied freedom of political communication under the Constitution.
The problem is that the same rule does not apply to the major parties, which can draw from nominated fundraising entities, such as the Liberals’ Cormack Foundation and Labor’s Labor Services and Holdings, which can make large donations to campaigns above the cap.
“These laws are anti-democratic and unfair, entrenching massive financial advantages to the major parties and denying a level playing field to independent and minor party candidates,” Ms Lowe told the ABC.
“They are a rort designed to entrench the major party duopoly at the very time they attract lower support than ever from Victorian voters.”
Independent candidates like Victorian Ian Cook, who has been fighting a long legal battle against the Victorian Labor Government over its corrupt dealings with councils over aged care meal services, is supporting the challenge. Cook ran as an independent in former Premier Daniel Andrews’ seat at the last Victorian election.
Under the present laws if someone donates anything over $1000 they automatically identify themselves. But unionists and others behind the major parties can simply rely on their unions to do the election funding job.
According to our source, the Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is also going to try to enter the fray as it appears that the Federal Government wants the same sort of set-up for federal elections, which is essentially a way of ensuring that the UnaParties stay in power.
Mr Hopper said the 2022 Victorian election was rigged against the minor anti-Labor parties – a reference to the group voting tickets system used for elections only in the Victorian Upper House that funnels votes to minor parties like Animal Justice and Legalise Cannabis who currently give the Labor Government a majority in the Upper House.
Tony and Sir Rope: the author of this document is fully sovereign authentically capable of making this statement.
If Sir Rope is not somewhat bovine himself he might be capable of writing something similar, or be reasonably aware of the nature of the fraudulent matters addressed in this tome:
http://www.paulstramer.net/2026/02/international-public-notice-schtick_9.html
>challenging the corporations in a fake court
Are these cattle braindead or something? If you want change, vote with rope.
Aussies = bovine.
We shall see what the High Court is actually made of, shan’t we?
Kayla Murnain (WEF) concealed a $100k donation from the CCP to the ALP, I think this was well before 2020 ( ie $100k = $200k ), she was busted for doing this and the ALP has no doubt been busy devising new systems for concealing donations, of which there must be very many. The blue party is haemorrhaging votes because they cannot go against the likes of Twiggy who are wedded to “ClimateChange” which is only exceeded in stoopidness by injections mania.
The crooked ALP with their “Queen of Australia Inc” communist strata title bullshit will continue to win on preferences from the delusional who have faith in a bunch of crooks to deliver them a cute and cuddly form of communism, roll up your sleeve folks. The fat old ladies with bingo flaps and a shopping cart full of biscuits seem to have all disappeared already.
With the ALP winning lower house and UnaParty getting over 50% in the Senate, their bills will pass, if necessary the crooked Teals Party CAN BE RELIED ON. This is why the likes of Rennick need to shut up and GET BEHIND the clear frontrunner. Enough bullshit. Every man and his dog needs to vote the frontrunner [ 1 ] because the way they tally the votes that’s all that counts. The rest dribbles down to ALP by hook or by crook. The dirty tricks have only begun. Call out ClimateChange you mugs, stop expecting Trump to do everything for you
Yes, Neville. Andrews got away with it, I think, because he was the CEO of the Victorian G9overnment Corporation and as is the case with any corporation, the CES’s word is law.
This may be why the Libs never made any serious challenge to Andrew, as all the Parliamentarians are essentially the Board of Directors of the Corporation. That’s my guess, anyway.
Ans the employees in any corporation must be indemnified, your local councils to, because they are all corporate too.
What I did with mine:
https://cairnsnews.org/2024/01/09/council-watch-groups-bleat-about-unaccountability-but-reject-liability-solution/
It is seven years on April 30 that the traders up there have been merrily trading away, and without council interfering with their trade.
Many do not know, and I never got a cracker out of it, though I probably deserve a whole packet!!!
Something to think about is that Corporations who answer to the Federal or State or Territory governments can be sued for redress with financial compensation .
The Victorian Electoral Commission is a corporation operating under an ABN:
https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=46583749552
I an Cook was told by VEC agent, in regard to the recount he had asked for, to, as he told me: basically: “Get stuffed, we’ll do whatever we want.”
Anomalies in the booths in Mulgrave were reported by Labor scrutineers, who said there were ballot papers lying all over the place and that the whole show was just wrong.
The VEC used federal, not state, legislation to deny the recount, which surely must count as electoral interference of some sort.
The whole system needs a good going through, because lawful governments must be unincorporated, whereas the governments in this country have virtually ALL departments incorporated.
Just try it on ABN Lookup and you will see it yourself. In VIC try the Department of Justice.
I first started doing this when Riccardo Bosi’s wife told me that AustraliaOne had to become a registered ASIC corporation in order to stand for election. A big one, that one.
Wellcome trust greetings to our defacto president, of all 6 eyes colonies, downunder.
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