EQUAL TO BRIBES.
Donations Given by Australian
Politicians.
COMMISSION'S FINDINGS. j, i j SYDNEY. February IT. j 1 Among Ibe recommendations of the ! Federal Electoral Commission is one J j that inerat«crs of the Federal Parliament should be debarred from making! 1 any gifts or giving any subscriptions to ; any individual or body of individuals,j 1 Mich a.* sporting or charitable bodies. * Such gifts, in the opinion of the com- j • mission, amount lo bribe*. a.nd should 1 be prohibited. . ! Another recommendation i* a Oatu- j • lory right that, when a member of Parliament is attacked in a newspaj'er,, ' his reply must be given the same space j j and prominence as were given to the j article containing the attack. The commission also recommend* the , abolition of the compulsory signing of j articles in newspapers which deal with I current elections. It also recommends the extension of . the residential qualifications for elector- to a jieriod of three month*.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 7
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159EQUAL TO BRIBES. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 7
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