Jeff McCloy’s High Court challenge widened

By Michelle Harris
Updated September 30 2014 - 12:56pm, first published 12:00pm
ATTACK: Jeff McCloy's legal team is seeking that the High Court declare invalid  laws that put caps on political donations for state elections and ban property developers, tobacco and liquor interests from making donations.
ATTACK: Jeff McCloy's legal team is seeking that the High Court declare invalid laws that put caps on political donations for state elections and ban property developers, tobacco and liquor interests from making donations.

FORMER Newcastle lord mayor Jeff McCloy has significantly broadened his High Court challenge to the state’s electoral funding laws to seek to strike down caps on donations as well as the ban on property developers giving support to political campaigns.