Independent councillor says he won’t accept donations from property developers, tobacco companies, gambling companies or weapons companies.
Independent councillor Jamal Hakim will run for Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the upcoming local council election and is pushing to change donation rules to make candidates disclose campaign donors.
Hakim has proposed a motion ahead of the next City of Melbourne council meeting calling on any donations or gifts to candidates to be disclosed within 48 hours and for candidates to refrain from accepting donations from property developers, tobacco companies, gambling companies and weapons companies.He is running as an independent and will lead a team that “will look like Melbourne, feel like Melbourne and sound like Melbourne”.
access to this information before elections reduces the risk of donations enabling improper access and influence”. “We would have no difficulty with the principle, but the practice still needs to be made clear,” he said. “The Greens have also tried to change the law in Victoria to cap political donations to council candidates, and ban donations from property developers, and we’re deeply disappointed Labor and the Liberals have voted against this.
Health food business New Core Group, plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn, boutique investment bank Australian Heritage Group and Mitchelton Wines and Jayco Corporation, which are both associated with rich-lister Gerry Ryan, also donated to the campaign.
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