Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition will be supporting this motion. In doing so, we do need to pay regard to the work of the members of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, who have put in significant work on the issue of political donations, amongst many other issues. The issue of political donations has been at the forefront of Labor's policy agenda and we have legislation before the parliament that seeks to improve transparency and accountability regarding donations. This select committee, although focused on an issue of JSCEM, is targeted at political donations, an issue of utmost importance for the Australian community and one that does deserve specific focus.