Guess who doesn't have their paperwork up to date?

Last July, a merry band of conservatives from Geelong had a shindig to raise money for the tories.

This merry band of very busy fundraises is called the Geelong 500 Club.

The First question is who are they? It's kind of a regional version of the 500 Club formed by arse-wipe rape apologist crook John Elliot. But of course most of their members remain quietly anonymous.

A bit of digging revealed that Kate Bullen from Prosperity Legal was the Geelong 500 Club's financial officer.

Kate signs the AEC disclosure statements using the Prosperity Legal Address so we can assume they play a major role in the Geelong 500 Club's activities.

Kate is a known Liberal mover and shaker, but I'm tipping she isn't the sole donor to the Geelong 500 Club. They of course remain blissfully anonymous due to the laxed disclosure laws in this country.

The next question is, how much money do these guys raise?

Here is a breakdown of recent figures disclosed to the AEC.
2002/3 75K
2003/4 46K
2005/6 29K
2006/7 43K

Please note, this is only the amounts the Geelong 500 Club admit too. In the shonky world of campaign fundraising these figures should be considered as a absolute base.

It's a substantial amount and you would expect that some of the money would have gone to Stuart McArthur's unsuccessful defence of Corangamite in the 2007 election. But of course you couldn't confirm anything because Stewie lodged a nil return (ie no disclosed donors) and the Geelong 500 Club failed to lodge their returns on time.

Perhaps one of our more enterprising professional journos would like to have a look at this story. I'm too busy at work at the moment.