Published: November 17, 2018
NSW legislation that places lower spending caps on third-party campaign groups is being challenged in the high court
’New South Wales campaign finance laws, which set lower spending caps for campaigning by “third party” groups – such as unions and charities – than the caps for political parties, are unconstitutional because they are designed to handicap “disfavoured voices”, unions have argued.
Unions NSW has made the submission to the high court in a challenge that could become Australia’s equivalent to the United States’ Citizens United case, which will decide the constitutionality of restrictions on third-party political campaigns in state and federal law.
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