More than ten crossbenchers united on Monday in parliament to condemn Labor’s handling of the reforms of a major overhaul of Australia’s election system.
The Coalition will wave through Labor’s contentious bill to strip big money out of politics in the House of Representatives, ignoring the fears of independents that the new election laws will make it harder for them to take on the major parties.
But the briefing to MPs at a party room meeting in Canberra, confirmed by two sources unable to speak publicly about the private talks, proved the Coalition’s intent to get a deal done swiftly.Labor’s handling of the reforms Labor’s reforms cap the amount a candidate can receive from a donor at $20,000 and the total a candidate can spend in a seat at $800,000. The changes are designed to stop billionaires such as Clive Palmer bankrolling election campaigns with spends of several million dollars, as he did in the last two elections.
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