Political donations give some insight into how major parties are funded, but can they help predict an election?

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More than two-million-dollars has been donated to WA's political parties in the last three months, with the bulk going to Labor helping the party build its election war chest. New political donation laws which took effect earlier this year are giving an insight into how the major parties are funded with all donations above two-thousand-six-hundred dollars needing to be declared and published within seven days.