state laws: The state laws began operating in October 2018 following an anti-corruption investigation and also cover industry representative organisations, according to Nine News Australia. They make it a crime for a developer to make a political donation, a person to make a donation on behalf of a developer, or a person to accept a political donation made by or on behalf of a developer. To improve your experience update it here News National Property developer donor ban scrutinised By AAP5 43pm Mar 12, ban on property developers making political donations is unconstitutional because it overreaches into federal elections, the High Court has heard. Before the full bench of the High Court on Tuesday, lawyers for former Liberal National Party president Gary Spence said the Queensland laws went too far because donations used in federal elections could be affected. It interferes in the federal electoral process, Mr Kirk said. While donations from property developers are legal at a federal level, Jeremy Kirk SC, for Mr Spence, argued money given to state branches of political parties and used for national polls could be captured by the laws.
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