'No good reason' for eight-month delay to reveal parties' election donors

Political parties will not publicly disclose campaign financing for the federal election until February 2020

Australians won’t know who bankrolled the major parties’ election campaigns for another eight months, due to a weak donations reporting regime that experts say is feeding “secrecy and distrust”.

The major parties have repeatedly ignored calls for improvements to Australia’s donations system, which will not publicly disclose campaign financing until February 2020.

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