From The Sydney Morning Herald December 18, 2013: The High Court has overturned laws that banned corporations and associations from making political donations in state and local government elections.
In a stunning, unanimous judgment, the court ruled that key parts of the laws are invalid, upholding a challenge by Unions NSW.
The ruling means the relevant sections of the laws, introduced by the O’Farrell government in February last year, must now be repealed.
It is a huge win for the union movement and state Labor, who claimed the laws were a targeted attack.