Over the past few years various Australian governments have grappled with enacting and administering laws designed to regulate political donations and election campaign finance.

Benjamin Smith will examine the constitutional questions which arose in the High Court’s decision in in Unions NSW v New South Wales [2019] HCA 1 and Phil Green, PSM will draw on his practical experience administering the campaign finance regulation scheme that operates in the Australian Capital Territory under the amendments made by the Electoral Act 1992 (ACT).