Sneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional challenge | Anne Twomey

The current campaign finance bill is a mixed bag of worthy reforms and political manipulation.

Aspects of it are also vulnerable to constitutional challenge.

It will strengthen donation disclosures by lowering the disclosure threshold to donations of $ 1,000 and requiring more timely disclosure.

The bill imposes a $ 20,000 cap in total for all donations by a single donor to a political party.