Tuesday 5 April 2016

Liberal Party of Australia going into the 2016 federal election campaign with tattered petticoats


On 31 March 2016 The Australian revealed the names of political donors that the Liberal Party of Australia had been attempting to deny to the Australian Electoral Commission.

It is noted that property developers are banned from making donations to political parties standing for election in New South Wales.

It is noted that the Free Enterprise Foundation donated $75,000 to the NSW division of the Liberal Party in 2013-14, $225,00 to the federal division of the Liberal Party in 2012-13, $1,250,000 to the federal division in 2013-14 and another $100,000 to the federal division in 2014-15.

Those donors with a red asterisk beside their names are known to have been mentioned (or their representatives gave evidence) during NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption “Operation Spicer” hearings.

This is the list of those names as published, with my annotations:

Donations to the Free Enterprise Foundation ahead of the NSW 2011 state election
Date, donor, amount

5/11/10: Renlyn Bell Investments *, $9,900 – part-owned by Sydney property developer Garry Bonaccorso through G & R Bonaccorso Family Trust.
5/11/10: DP Smith Enterprises *, $10,000 – involved in building & development.
5/11/10: E & B Pastoral P/L *, $500 – co-owner of industrial units.
5/11/10: Walker Pearse P/L *, $500 – Central Coast business consultant, former interest in retirement village.
5/11/10: PJC Holdings P/L *, $2,000 – said to be a company connected with Arthur Maroon of Beraci Pty Ltd, a housing construction company.
5/11/10: Belside P/L *, $10,000 – directors Sam Maroon and Joe Becharra.
5/11/10: ANZ Real Estate Consultants *, $5000
5/11/10: Naletran P/L *, $3000
18/11/10: Myall Coast Health *, $500 – currently owned by Ochre Health Group.
18/11/10: Australbricks *, $5000
6/12/10: Big Country Developments *, $9900 – NSW property development company operating since 1958, sole director Peter Heskey.
6/12/10: Anthony Shepherd *, $1500 - chairman of then Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Commission of Audit.
9/12/10: TSM Projects P/L *, $750 – property development.
9/12/10: Precinct 8C Wadalba Lobby Group *, $4000 – group of land owners pushing to have their Wadalba land re-zoned for subdivision.
9/12/10: Threshold Developments P/L *, $2000 – March 2013 land rezoned at Wadalba by NSW Coalition Government.
9/12/10: Everitt & Everitt Executive Super, $750
13/12/10: Tesrol Group Projects P/L, $1499 – land developers possibly belonging to the Tesrol Group of Companies.
13/12/10: Tesrol Bridge St P/L, $1499 - possibly belonging to the Tesrol Group of Companies.
13/12/10: Seasonsrage P/L, $1499
13/12/10: Smeaton Grange P/L, $1499
13/12/10: Rumerone P/L, $1499
13/12/10: Lorset P/L, $1499
13/12/10: Kirkstall P/L, $1499
13/12/10: Epivision P/L, $1499
13/12/10: Dribonn P/L, $1499
13/12/10: Tesrol P/L, $1499 – Tesrol Group of Companies comprising property development and joinery businesses.
14/12/10: Jilliby Stage 2 Land Owners Action Group *, $4000 – 2013 NSW Coalition Government attitude to development in Wyong Valley said to soften.
14/12/10: Holland Fine Art & Cars P/L , $10,000 – In 2013-2014 as a co-defendant the company was successfully sued over sale of forged artwork.
16/12/10: Transnational Storage P/L *, $12,500 – a Tuggerah NSW business.
16/12/10: Boardwalk Resources P/L *, $53,000 – then an unlisted mining exploration and development company with coal exploration assets in NSW & Qld subject to investigation during NSW ICAC. Operation Spicer
16/12/10: Sunbeat Bissap P/L, $10,000 – Chinese global trader of juice, tea and jellies.
16/12/10: Adaptive P/L, $500
16/12/10: T & R Pridham, $500
16/12/10: Adaptive P/L, $800
16/12/10: Aline Pumps Sales & Service *, $1490
16/12/10: JR & JM Pridham, $1500
16/12/10: SFH P/L ATF Stead Family Trust, $600
16/12/10: SFH P/L ATF Stead Family Trust, $375
16/12/10: SFH P/L ATF Stead Family Trust, $500
16/12/10: PR & GA Monks, $1000
16/12/10: RA & EJ Kennard, $1500
16/12/10: T & GM Pridham, $500
16/12/10: JS & SJ Lindqvist, $50
16/12/10: DG Firth & MJ Firth, $1490
16/12/10: DJ & CR Kennard, $1500
16/12/10: Jerry & Debbie Kennard, $1500
16/12/10: KJ & SE Truswell, $1200
16/12/10: Allsteel Products P/L, $1499
16/12/10: EJ & JG Fooks, $1000
16/12/10: BD & RG Gooden, $1499
16/12/10: JP & DR Monks, $1490
16/12/10: Interspan Industries P/L, $1490
16/12/10: The Advance Precision Trust, $1499
16/12/10: NJ & PG Kennard, $750
16/12/10: NJ & PG Kennard, $750
16/12/10: Fooks P/L, $1499
16/12/10: Fooks P/L, $1499
16/12/10: Fooks P/L, $1499
16/12/10: Weltson P/L, $5000
17/12/10: Petra Civil P/L, $2000
17/12/10: Elmslea Land Developments *, $20,000 – wanted land rezoned to expand Elmslea Village, proposal still being progressed by local council in 2015.
17/12/10: Swift Exhaust, $1499
17/12/10: A & SA Davis, $1450
17/12/10: The Heaney Family Trust, $1499
17/12/10: CJ & JR Shore, $1499
17/12/10: Fleetwood Urban P/L, $1499
17/12/10: Windsor Farm Equipment, $1499
17/12/10: Printban P/L *, $10,000 – a property lessor company on the NSW Central Coast associated with Tim Gunasinghe, general manager/ director of Commercialhq a commercial property development company located on the NSW Central Coast specializing in commercial office accommodation, retail shopping centres, specialized retail and commercial development.
20/12/10: Town & Country Lands P/L, $10,000 - lawn and garden service company.
20/12/10: Soul Pattinson *, $50,000 – Washington H. Soul Pattinson has a property investment portfolio, which at the time of this donation had cross-shareholdings with Brickworks since 1969. Soul Pattinson donated $50,000 dollars to the federal division of the Liberal Party in 2012-13.
20/12/10: Brickworks *, $125,000 – brick manufacturing business & property developer through its Land and Development Group. Donated $100,000 to the NSW division of the Liberal Party in 2013-14. and 21/12/10: Westfield Limited *, $150,000 – previously Westfield Development Corporation Limited and now Scentre Limited, a large international property development company registered in NSW. Westfield Limited donated $150,000 to the federal division of the Liberal Party in 2012-13.
22/12/10: Walker Group Holdings *, $100,000 – part of a large property development group established in 1964 and headquartered in Sydney NSW. The Walker Group donated $20,000 to the NSW division of the Liberal Party in 2013-14 and $100,000 to the federal division of the Liberal Party in 2012-13.
Total: $680,214

FEDERAL LIBERAL PARTY DONATIONS

Donations to the Free Enterprise Foundation
Date, donor, amount

28/07/10: Meriton Premier Apartments *, $25,000
29/07/10: Brickworks *, $50,000 – donated $150,000 to federal division Liberal Party in 2012-13.
5/8/10: Xiang Rong (Aust) Inv Group P/L *, $20,000
19/08/10: Crown International Holdings *, $10,000
19/08/10: Vaste Developments P/L, $3000
8/9/10: Lin Mingchi, $5000
Total: $113,000

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