Cormack Foundation is a multimillion-dollar investment group for the Liberal party and one of its biggest single donors
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A Liberal party investment group donated $500,000 to the rightwing advocacy group Advance last financial year, fuelling speculation from the Greens the two are teaming up to take out the minor party’s influence in the upcoming federal election.
Advance, which has pledged to “expose” the Greens as Australia’s “biggest threat to freedom, security and prosperity”, received more than $15.6m in the 2023-24 financial year, up from $5.2m the year prior, according to the latest Australian Electoral Commission annual donation disclosure figures.
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