Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The whole point of this legislation, compared to the one that you previously supported as part of a unanimous vote in the Senate in November 2018, is that it further narrows and imposes an even more stringent separation. So only where campaign donations are provided for the express and sole purpose of federal electoral matters and federal electoral expenditure is that donation covered by the federal electoral laws. Unless it is the case that a campaign donation is exclusively for a federal purpose, if it goes for any other purpose, it will be governed and will continue to be governed by state laws.