Senate debates

Tuesday, 24 August 2021

Questions without Notice

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021

2:44 pm

Photo of Jacqui LambieJacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] The bill triples the membership requirements for parties, effective immediately. The minister says this is to test that political parties have genuine community support. The obvious question here is: isn't that what elections are for?

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