The special minister of state claims some cross-benchers ‘agree with banning big money, just not theirs’
On Tuesday Farrell reiterated Labor’s intention to cap political spending and donations, accusing unnamed teal independents of “saying to us that they agree with banning big money, just not theirs”.
“We are consulting very broadly, including with members and representatives of the cross-bench and the major parties as well … to see if reform as proposed by the minister … can receive very broad support,” he said. “There needs to be a stopping, to give just one example, of the sort of largesse that we saw from Clive Palmer during the last two election campaigns.
The cross-bench bill is supported by the Greens, Jacqui Lambie Network and Lidia Thorpe in the Senate, and MPs Zoe Daniel, Helen Haines, Andrew Wilkie, Dai Le, Monique Ryan, Sophie Scamps, Rebekha Sharkie, Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall, and Kylea Tink.
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