Dark money: $70 million in major party income is untraceable
More than $70 million that flowed to the Liberal and Labor parties ahead of last year's federal election is considered untraceable "dark money".
Adam Gartrell is the National Political Correspondent for The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age
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