EXCELLENT!!!! It should have been obvious to ANYONE with ANY political experience that leaving this massive loophole would INEVITABLY lead to just the slimy dealing we have discovered via ICAC. But, having some political awareness (I was a member of Labor for years, and once an independent candidate for Parliament (2007)), and knowing about the HUGE legal ways for US evasions of funding limits, there is a comment in the Herald article that sounds good but it is NOT - but it may trick people as a good reform - spending by registered third party campaigners will be slashed to $250,000 each during an election period, down from current levels of more than $1 million each. Hmm ... NOTE the key phrase during an election period - that means the limit will ONLY apply during that fairly SHORT period of a few weeks - it will do nothing to stop massive PROPAGANDA expenditures by rich people and businesses before the official election period - so for MONTHS - even a whole year, special interest lobby groups with masses of Clive Palmer style funds, can copy the US process of running adverts for months to sway voters minds, then stop just when the election period starts - and more - they can even found magazines and think tanks, which will be able to fund massive reports and polls and stunts, to make news to promote their vested interests, and ALL will be exempt even during an election period - this means the law will be USELESS - as intended. Read more: smh.au/nsw/opposition-parties-and-unions-pan-mike-bairds-new-donations-laws-for-2015-election-20141014-115r30.html#ixzz3GVJMHQNJ
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:55:20 +0000
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