The Democraccy4sale.org website has been updated recently to reveal where the election funding for the 2004 Council election has come from, it makes for very interesting reading.
Lake Macquarie Council candidates had the dubious honour of coming in 5th largest amount of donations received at $204,712, just behind Wollongong with $278,591. Newcastle ranked 7th $186,769.
The Greens election funding for Lake Macquarie came from federal election funding returns, and from local grassroots fundraising events such as quiz nights, raffles, barbecues, a whale-watch cruise, etc, and donations by local individuals (mostly members).You can see the details at Clr Michaels Osborne's site, Newcastle Lord Mayoral and Ward 1 candidate
If you would like to see how the other candidates funded their campaign it’s well worth a look.
Previous council election funding returns show that the campaigns of some so-called local Independents were actually funded by vested interests, including donations from corporations such as Hardie Holdings and Rosecorp.For some reason this doesn't appear newsworthy in the Newcastle-Lake Macquarie media.
The Greens don’t accept donations from developers, corporations or any other organisations. Voters can see that no one is buying us, and we have nothing to hide about where our money comes from.
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