Inside the dirty business of foreign political donations

Tuesday 20 September 2016

If you get a chance this afternoon, watch the above segment on Chinese political donations aired last night on ABC’s 7.30 Report.

According to The Conversation’s Fact Check, democracies most similar to Australia, such as the UK, US and Canada, all ban foreign political donations.

It’s about time that we do too.

About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.