POLITICAL donations and disclosures will continue to be a talking point next week.
Attorney-General Brian Wightman yesterday confirmed that he would release a long-awaited discussion paper by February 12.
Tasmania is one of the few remaining states without laws to limit who can donate, how much can be donated, and what and when is made public.
The Greens Party is accusing Labor of dragging its feet after it initially supported the idea in 2008.
The Liberals, meanwhile, came under fire again this week for continuing to accept donations from large tobacco companies.
Financial papers lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission show in 2010-11 the Tasmanian Liberal Party received a $22,000 cheque from British America Tobacco and three donations from Philip Morris - two lots of $3000 and $9900.
Greens leader Nick McKim is demanding that Tasmanian-specific rules on political donations be in place by the next election due in 2014.
``Tasmania deserves the best-quality democracy the state can provide, but Tasmania's voters remain in the dark about who is giving how much to which political party,'' Mr McKim said.
``The Greens are determined to ensure that by the next state election Tasmanians will know who has donated what to whom by the time they go to the ballot box.''
Under the federal laws, only donations above $11,499 must be disclosed and there is a time lag of up to 18 months before details are publicly released.
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