煙草在線據ABC報道編譯　　新數據披露了煙草公司、采礦業和俱樂部在過去的財政年度中竭力反對政府政策的政治支出。

　　澳大利亞選舉委員會公布的財務收益顯示，對政黨的捐款和捐款人的政治開支超過了1.15萬美元。

　　大煙草公司花費了1400萬美元用于抵制聯邦政府的平裝法。

　　英美煙草、菲莫和帝國煙草向發起抵制平裝法活動的澳大利亞零售商聯盟提供了共計900萬美元。

　　帝國煙草還在印刷材料和廣播廣告上獨自花費了400萬多萬美元用對抗此舉措，菲利普莫里斯則在這方面添加了近50萬美元。

　　該聯盟還收了英美煙草18.4萬美元的捐款，以及菲利普莫里斯7.9萬美元的捐款。

　　礦業公司及相關的游說團體也是大捐贈人和大活動家，因為他們抵制政府對采礦利潤和碳定價計劃征收稅收。

　　澳大利亞礦產委員會花了近400萬元抵制這種稅收，其中大部分花在廣播廣告上。

　　礦業協會和勘探公司又花了220萬美元。

　　克萊夫·帕墨的礦廠給聯盟團體，在聯邦和州方面，近50萬美元。

　　他的昆士蘭鎳礦給昆士蘭的自由國家黨另外50萬美元。

　　最大份額

　　與打擊撲克機的法律對抗，花費了新南威爾士俱樂部將近100萬美元。

　　它還提供了近50萬美元的政治捐款，是給聯盟的最多的捐款。

　　澳大利亞飯店業協會還開支了超過85萬多美元的捐款，其中大部分給了自由國家黨。

　　澳大利亞選舉委員會的數據還顯示，政治活動家組織在政治競選活動中花了500萬美元，而澳大利亞工會理事會花了650萬美元。

　　個人捐款者最多的是旅行網站的百萬富翁格雷姆·伍德，給綠黨160萬美元。

　　給主要政黨的捐款總額超過了2億美元。

　　工黨收到了約9200萬美元，聯合黨收了近1.13億美元。

Tobacco companies are biggest political spenders

ABC
Feb 1, 2012

　　New figures have revealed the political spending of tobacco companies, the mining industry and clubs as they fought to reverse government policy in the past financial year.

　　The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has released financial disclosure returns that show the donations of more than $11,500 made to political parties and the political expenditure of donors.

　　Large tobacco companies spent about $14 million as they fought against the Federal Government's plain packaging laws.

　　British American Tobacco, Phillip Morris and Imperial Tobacco gave a total of $9 million to the Alliance of Australian Retailers, which led the campaign against the laws.

　　Imperial Tobacco also separately spent more than $4 million fighting the move with printed material and broadcast advertising and Philip Morris added to that with nearly $500,000.

　　The Coalition also received donations worth $184,000 from British American Tobacco and $79,000 from Philip Morris.

　　Mining companies and associated lobby groups were also big donors and big campaigners as they fought the Government's tax on mining profits and the carbon pricing scheme.

　　The Minerals Council of Australia spent nearly $4 million fighting the tax, with most of that spent on broadcast advertising.

　　The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies spent another $2.2 million.

　　Clive Palmer's Mineralogy gave the Coalition parties, at federal and state levels, nearly $500,000.

　　His Queensland Nickel gave another $500,000 to Queensland's LNP.

　　Lion's share

　　Fighting the crackdown on poker machines cost Clubs New South Wales close to $1 million.

　　It also gave nearly $500,000 in political donations, with the lion's share going to the Coalition.

　　The Australian Hotels Association also spent more than $850,000 on donations, most of which again went to the Liberal and National parties.

　　The AEC figures also show political activist group Get Up spent $5 million on political campaigning, while the Australian Council of Trade Unions spent $6.5 million.

　　The individual donor who gave the most was travel website millionaire Graeme Wood, who gave $1.6 million to the Greens.

　　Total donations to the major political parties came to more than $200 million.

　　The Labor Party received about $92 million and the Coalition took in nearly $113 million.