Mining magnate Clive Palmer has dropped a sizeable amount of cash to win three seats in Federal parliament, according to donation disclosure information released on Monday.
The Australian Electoral Commission's information reveals Palmer and his mining and tourism companies spent more than $28 million in 2013-14.
The Palmer United Party was donated $28 million for 2013-14. There is something common about this list #auspol
With the recent exit of Senator Jacqui Lambie it means each of the PUP's three seats is worth more than $9 million.
$9 million!!!@!##%$@#!#!@W!@@!
It's probably no surprise big money is bankrolling Australian political parties. The ALP has some big donors including two big sums from China.
The ALP received two huge donations from a man in China’s Hebei province #auspol
And of course multiple donations from Australia's biggest unions.
The union donations to ALP: Shoppies - $500,000 United Voice - $500,000 AMWU - $102,646 MUA - $100,000
Interestingly Village Roadshow pumped $200,000 into both Liberal and ALP coffers for the upcoming fight on copyright infringement.
One of the biggest Liberal Party donors is Village Roadshow ($200,000)… who currently wants a crackdown on copyright infringement #auspol
And the Liberal Party got money from tobacco and mining companies.
Other Liberal Party donors: Tobacco company Philip Morris Ltd - $45,000 Mining company Santos Ltd - $27,500 #auspol
Interesting Liberal Party donors: Adani - $49,500 Chevron - $47,300 Coogee Chemicals - $50,000 Harold Mitchell - $100,000 #auspol
Then there was the interesting BIG donation from the "Free Enterprise Foundation" which is a group currently being investigated by the corruption watchdog, ICAC.
The corruption watchdog ICAC currently looking at Free Enterprise Foundation… it donated $1,250,000 to the Liberal Party in 2013-14 #auspol