Six teal independents who defeated Liberals MPs at 2022 election all spent more than Labor’s proposed cap in their successful campaigns
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Labor is still chasing a deal for a contentious overhaul of electoral laws, with the Coalition yet to green-light the legislation ahead of debate in the Senate.
But crossbenchers believe a “major party stitch-up” remains on the cards, accusing the government and opposition of conspiring to re-write the rulebook to entrench the political duopoly.
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