House debates Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2005

Second Reading

Wednesday, 10 May 2006 House of Representatives

Paul Neville

Paul Neville Hinkler, National Party

10:43 am

Mr Deputy Speaker, I am fascinated by his interest in my electorate. I think tax deductibility is another area that needed to be looked at. The $100 threshold did not reflect the situation. A lot of people want to donate to their political parties at election time to keep the electoral system vibrant, and I think the raising of that threshold to $1,500 is a sensible measure. All in all, this is very good. I do not think any alarm needs to be raised because of some of these measures and I commend the bill to the House.

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