Doubts over government bid to ban foreign donations

By Fergus Hunter
Updated December 5 2017 - 7:08pm, first published 7:04pm
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney-General George Brandis address the media during a joint press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on  Tuesday 5 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney-General George Brandis address the media during a joint press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 5 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

At first blush, a ban on foreign political donations should make it more difficult for the major parties to raise funds. But the financial impact of the Turnbull government's crackdown on overseas influence remains far from clear, with some lawyers claiming it may even be unconstitutional.

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