Public funding of local government election campaigns (Inquiry)

This inquiry is a completed Parliamentary inquiry conducted by the Electoral Matters Committee.   The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is currently conducting an inquiry into a model of public funding for political parties and candidates to apply at the local government level. This is a follow-up inquiry to the Committee's earlier inquiry on public funding of state election campaigns. The report on that part of the inquiry was published in March 2010.

As part of the inquiry, the Committee has published an issues paper identifying some of the issues associated with developing a public funding model for local government elections. The Committee is seeking submissions from interested individuals and organisations by 20 September 2010, particularly in response to the questions highlighted in the issues paper. The paper is available below, under 'Other documents'.

Timeline (click to show)

Referred: 3 Dec 2009
    » Call for submissions: 18 Aug 2010
    » Submissions close: 20 Sep 2010
        » Final Report Published: 2 Dec 2010

Reports and Government Responses (click to show)

Hearings and Transcripts (click to show)

DateName of Document
12/10/2010Public Hearing
13/10/2010Public Hearing

Submissions (click to show)

View the public submission(s) published by the committee in relation to this inquiry.

The closing date for submissions was 20 September 2010

Other Documents (click to show)

Contact Us (click to show)

This is a completed inquiry. The contacts below are historical only.

Inquiry Terms of Reference (click to show)

Terms of reference.pdf