This McKinnon Poll tested public attitudes towards electoral reform in Australia. Noting the advent of technological solutions and topical debates, the research sought information on how Australians understand the voting system as well as their views on online voting, political donations, and regulating truth in political advertising.

Constructive and non-partisan political finance reform could improve trust in politics and reduce the influence of vested interests. The author of this paper argues that if Australian political finance reform is done poorly, it could make elections less fair, and conceal, rather than expose, the undue influence moneyed interests enjoy over Australia's politicians and parties.

In this interim report, the Committee considers a number of matters pertaining to the 2022 federal election, including reforms to donation laws and the funding of elections, truth in political advertising laws, and encouraging increased electoral participation and lifting enfranchisement of First Nations People.

This paper examines the entitlements of federal parliamentarians, to illustrate the scale of the advantages of political incumbency that should be taken into account in the design and implementation of any campaign finance reforms.

Political parties cannot operate without income and, as a consequence, matters of political finance are of great importance to the quality of democracy. This paper explores the challenges to the current regulatory system for political finance in greater depth. It also discusses how the system may need to develop to deal with those challenges.