Political transparency

Politicians get into power by campaigning. The better funded a campaign the more likely a candidate is to get into office. Taking Australia as an example, some data about political donations has been released. And public funding for campaigning has been debated, however it is still allowed that corporate sponsorship is allowed.

We the open data available from the APH is difficult to digest so we illustrated it better below...

Graph 1: Donations made to each politician.

This graph shows you individual MPs and the source of their donations. You can type in a name of an Australian political candidate and it will show who their main financial contributors are.

For the green credentials of individual MPs, have a look at Vote Earth Now.

Graph 2: Third Party Return Expenditure.

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Graph 3: Third Party Return Donations Received.

This graph shows you individual MPs

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Graph 4: Third Party Return Donations Made.

This graph shows you individual MPs

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Graph 5: Senate Groups and Candidate Return Summary

This graph shows you individual MPs

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Graph 6: Senate Groups and Candidate Expenses

This graph shows you individual MPs

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Graph 7: Senate Groups and Candidate Donations.

This graph shows you individual MPs

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Graph 8: Media Returns.

This graph shows you individual MPs

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Graph 9: Media Advertisement Details.

This graph shows you individual MPs

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Graph 10: Donor Return.

This graph shows you individual MPs

Graph 8: Media Returns.

This graph shows you individual MPs

Graph 8: Media Returns.

This graph shows you individual MPs

Graph 8: Media Returns.

This graph shows you individual MPs

Graph 8: Media Returns.

This graph shows you individual MPs