In 2022, the most recent federal election year, spending reached a record high of almost $440 million and the top five individual donors contributed 70 per cent of all donations.
Retired car dealer Brian Anderson waited until he was 95 to make his first political donation – a $1 million payment to conservative campaign group Advance Australia.
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