Article-Donation Thresholds
The Examiner | 9 June 2025; pg 3.
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Donation thresholds
Joe Colbrook
New laws, which require politicians declare donations over $1000 on a monthly basis, passed parliament in March and are set to become law on July 1.
 Meg Webb, independent member for the upper house seat of Nelson, said if an early election was called these should come into force sooner.
“There is no good reason for these new donations disclosures laws to not be in force should Tasmanians face an early election,” she said
Asked if his party would comply with the new donation threshold before the rules came into effect, the Premier said the Liberals would obey whatever the relevant law was at the time.
“We’ll ensure that we comply with the Tasmanian legislation, which will be implemented on the first of July,” Mr Rockliff said.
It was a similar story from Labor, while the Greens deputy leader said the new laws did not make a difference to his party’s operations as all donations were declared anyway.
“We absolutely would support all parties abiding by the laws, even if they are not in place,” Mr Bayley said.
