Mining companies, unions and other groups with skin in the game are trying to sway the election amid new funding laws.
When Queensland Labor changed election funding laws in 2020, experts and integrity advocates praised the move as some of the strongest reforms in the country to deal with political donations and campaign spending.
This is how details in the graph below can occur, with groups related to the coal sector tipping some $2.2 million into three such third parties running various anti-Labor campaigns statewide or in key seats. The changes were heavily criticised by the LNP for the ability of the dozens of Labor-aligned or affiliated unions to register as a third party, allowing each to drop up to $1.03 million
The state branch of the Australian Services Union, which goes by the name Together, is likely to be the biggest spender on the Labor side. “We’ll spend $1 million,” secretary Alex Scott told me.
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