Firms that have made political donations in the past year would be barred from winning government contracts under a Greens bill aimed at forcing major consultancies to stop donating.
The Greens democracy spokesperson, Larissa Waters, who will introduce the private member’s bill, vowed to put a stop to what she claimed could be seen as a form of “legalised bribery” that had allowed the big four consultancies to donate $4.3m to the major parties over the past decade.
