Foreign Political Donations Will Be Illegal in Australia From 2019

Foreign Political Donations Will Be Illegal in Australia From 2019
Australian Labor Party's Senator Sam Dastyari speaks to the media in Sydney on Sept. 6, 2016. William West/AFP/Getty Images
Melanie Sun
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As part of a package of laws to protect Australia against covert foreign political interference, a law banning foreign political donations will come into force from Jan. 1, 2019, the office of Senator and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has confirmed.

The new law was passed by Parliament on Nov. 27 and signed by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on Dec. 13.