Where is the money coming from? Albanese, Taylor and Hanson don’t want to talk about it – and that’s a problem | Tom McIlroy

As leaders dodged questions about fundraising activities this week, is it any wonder faith in politics is so low?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Peter Malinauskas moved to ban political donations in South Australia ahead of the last state election, he centred the case around the distorting effect money has on politics.The South Australian premier argued that the fundraising arms race was taking up too much time for politicians, as access to party leaders and frontbenchers was increasingly being sold to cashed-up supporters at every point of the electoral cycle. Continue reading...