Politics
by Matthew Killoran
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Billionaire Clive Palmer was Australia's biggest political donor last year, giving a whopping $5.9 million to himself.
Unions also flexed their muscles in Queensland with a combined $1.056 million pumped into the Queensland Labor Party's war chest, while businessman Anthony Pratt's Pratt Holdings gave $1.55 million, mostly to the Liberal party but also $250,000 to the Nationals.
The donations were revealed in the political party annual returns for 2019-20 published by the Australian Electoral Commission on Monday.
The Bob Brown Foundation, behind the infamous anti-Adani convoy just prior to this disclosed period, received $415,000 in donations and declared $213,000 on electoral expenditure.