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Paul Osborne and Alex Mitchell

UNCOVERED: Greens call for donation reform as parties reveal money - The Untold Story

Clive Palmer's $117m gift to the United Australia Party is the most donated to a party in one year. (Glenn Campbell/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The increase in "dark money" and domination of a handful of political donors has reignited calls for reform of the system.

Analysis of the Australian Electoral Commission's 2021/22 financial disclosure returns by the Centre for Public Integrity found the top 10 donors contributed 76.9 per cent of all donations during the year, providing $137.5 million to parties and independents.

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