Published: October 14, 2018
Coalition amendments that could override state donation laws threaten to derail electoral funding and disclosure bill
A bipartisan push to ban foreign political donations is at risk of being derailed by Coalition amendments that Labor fears will effectively override state donation laws, after the government refused to back down and withdraw them.
On Monday the Coalition majority on the joint standing committee on electoral matters delivered a report calling on the Senate to pass the electoral funding and disclosure bill, provided the delineation with state laws is clarified.
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