Published: October 05, 2018
Amendments to Morrison government’s campaign finance bill are troubling, say constitutional law academics
A Morrison government bill that would override state donation laws – including bans on developer donations, caps and other transparency measures – has been labelled unconstitutional by a leading academic.
On Friday a joint standing committee on electoral matters hearing examined the surprise amendments to the Coalition’s campaign finance bill, with University of Sydney constitutional academic Anne Twomey warning overriding state laws would be a “very, very serious problem both constitutionally and in terms of good policy”.
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