IPA MANIFESTO · PROPOSAL 25
END public funding for political parties
♦️ “END PUBLIC FUNDING TO POLITICAL PARTIES”
The IPA’s own words, published in 2012.
♦️ END. TEN TIMES.
My colour-coded key records “END” ten times across the full manifesto collection—nine in the original 75 proposals.
Here, the target is public funding for political parties.
♦️ DID THE GOVERNMENT DO IT?
No—public election funding continues federally.
The Australian Electoral Commission distributes funding to eligible parties, candidates and Senate groups. Eligibility generally requires at least 4% of first-preference votes. Funding beyond the automatic payment requires a claim for electoral expenditure.
♦️ WHO PAYS FOR OUR POLITICS?
Public funding deserves scrutiny: who qualifies, how much they receive, and what safeguards apply.
But abolishing it raises another question: would parties become more dependent on private donors?
Read No. 25 alongside No. 23, which proposes ending mandatory political-donation disclosures. Together, they propose removing public funding and compulsory donor transparency.
Whose voice would carry furthest then?
⭐️ PEOPLE FIRST. PRIVILEGE LAST.
⭐️ A FAIRER SOCIETY. A KINDER POLITICS.
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