20. Is there a limit on the amount a candidate can contribute to their own election campaign?

Australia

Australia

Answer
No
Comment

At the 2019 Federal election Clive Palmer, a candidate for the Clive Palmer Party, donated $84.450 million via his mining company Minerology to his own campaign

Sources: Australian Electoral Commirssion, Transparency Register Poltical Party returns 2019 election  https://transparency.aec.gov.au/AnnualPoliticalParty

The Conversation: How big Money influenced the 2019 federal election - and what can be done to fix it. Feb 4 2020  see https://theconversation.com/how-big-money-influenced-the-2019-federal-election-and-what-we-can-do-to-fix-the-system-131141

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