Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak ever so briefly on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Integrity of Elections) Bill. The Greens won't be supporting this bill. In the 20 seconds that I have available—thank you to the other senators for allowing me that!—I want to note some things that really do need attention if we are to achieve improvement in the integrity of election campaigns: banning political donations from dirty industries seeking influence, and capping all other donations to $1,000; capping election spending to avoid elections being won by the parties with the deepest pockets; strengthening the rules about government advertising so the government can't use public funds in the lead—

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