Greens candidate Ariel Satorre said all candidates should rule out accepting donations from developers, directly or through their party's head office, as The Greens had.

``When councillors directly or indirectly accept financial donations from property developers, and then vote on those developers' buildings, the whole process is under a cloud,'' Mr Satorre said.

``The political donations tracking website, www.democracy4sale.org, reveals that since 2000 the NSW ALP has accepted over $12million from the property industry, while the Liberal Party has accepted over $7.5million.''

Australian Business Party president Joseph Adams said the Australian Electoral Commission's political party annual return for 2006-07 showed that the NSW ALP had paid itself nearly $500,000 in subscription fees out of the parliamentary budget.

``This is considered a political donation,'' he said. ``While western Sydney remains desperate for more State Government funding, our local state MPs remain silent on the issue.''

Mayor Nick Lalich (Labor) said Labor councillors always acted within the law.

``The other candidates can do whatever they like to campaign ... but we won't be changing our approach to meet them on their level,'' he said.

All political donations have to be registered with the Electoral Commission which will release the details within six months of the election outcome.