Public hearings on political donations and Section 44

THE FEDERAL Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is holding three days of public hearings focussing on political donations and Section 44 of the Constitution.

Committee Chair Senator Linda Reynolds said the Committee would be hearing from subject matter experts in relation to these matters referred to the Committee for review. 

The public hearings relate to three of the Committee’s inquiries:

• Inquiry into the 2016 federal election (review of political donations);
• Inquiry into matters relating to Section 44 of the Constitution; and
• Inquiry into the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017.

Public hearing programs are available on the respective websites for each inquiry via https://www.aph.gov.au/em/.  

Public hearing details:

• Canberra
  Wednesday 31 January, from 9:30am to 4:40pm in room 2S3
  
• Melbourne
  Thursday 1 February, from 9:00am to 4:30pm in room G6, 55 St Andrews Place
  
• Sydney
  Friday 2 February, from 8:40am to 1:10pm in the Jubilee Room, Parliament of NSW

A live broadcast will be available at aph.gov.au/live. 

Interested members of the public may wish to track the committee via the website. 

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