Coalition report recommends ban on foreign donations to environment activists

Labor supports ban on foreign donations to political parties and associated entities but not groups 'that are in any way involved in public campaigning'

The Coalition has singled out environment groups for special attention in a new parliamentary report that recommends banning foreign donations. The report draws on testimony from the mining industry to argue some some activist groups "appear to be circumventing the system".

The joint parliamentary committee on electoral matters, released the report on Friday recommending banning foreign political donations, but as Guardian Australia revealed on Thursday, the major parties have split over the treatment of activist groups.