Labor poised to cap donations and spending after key report released

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Government says electoral reforms are needed for transparency, but Coalition has vowed to resist ‘tooth and nail’

A powerful parliamentary committee has recommended the Albanese government legislate political donation and spending caps, and truth-in-political advertising laws.

Labor, the Greens, and independents Kate Chaney and David Pocock backed the ambitious suite of electoral reforms with some qualifications, but the opposition accused the government of attempting to “financially gerrymander” an advantage for Labor and unions.

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