Independent senator David Pocock ‘deeply concerned’ legislation designed to cap donations and electoral spending would lock out community independents
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Independents have accused the Albanese government of attempting to “rig” electoral rules in a “major party stitch-up” designed to reduce the chances of a hung parliament.
On Friday the special minister of state, Don Farrell, announced details of Labor’s electoral reform bill, including raising public funding to $5 per vote, a $20,000 cap on individual donations and an $800,000 cap on spending per electorate.
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