CAMPAIGN FINANCE
The Greens are committed to transparent, accurate and timely disclosure of campaign donations. We also never take donations from tobacco interests, property developers and the gambling industry, and advocate a ban on such donations to all politicians and candidates.
The Local Government Act and Regulations require candidates to complete an election campaign donation return within 40 days of election day, disclosing the size and origin of all donations of $500 or more. This means that voters do not know where campaign teams’ donations are coming from until after they have voted. We believe that this system is broken.
The Greens have committed to voluntarily disclosing all reportable campaign donations in advance of election day. We are also sharing this data with Hyperlocal News for full transparency.
As at 5 December 2024, The Greens campaign has received the following donations and in-kind support:
A. Cash and in-kind contributions from a single source, other than the Australian Greens Victoria, together valued at $500 or more:
$750.00 from Mary Sweeney
$5,469.92 from Karl Hessian
$1,500.00 from Ken McAlpine
$1,500.00 from Linda Gale
$5,000.00 from Peter Gerrand
$1,000.00 from Rodney Polkinghorne
$500.00 from Rowland Ball
$1,700.00 from Roxane Ingleton
$671.00 from Barry Berih
B. Cash and in-kind contributions from the Australian Greens Victoria:
$5,000.00 Matched Funding contribution
$2,500.00 Online advertising contribution
$12,770.32 In-kind contribution
C. Total contributions not captured above (i.e. combined total of donations or in-kind contributions from a single source valued at less than $500):
$8,638.72
D. Total of A + B + C:
$46,999.96