Kate Chaney (Curtin, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

No company in the country would propose an admin fee that increases in a straight line with the number of employees or widgets or anything else. It is laughable and it doesn't recognise the economies of scale. If communities want to be represented outside the major parties it creates a major hurdle. There are problems with many other parts of the bill as well, but there is no time for careful consideration or public scrutiny because it is being rushed through. The government might throw a few scraps around in a show of cooperation on amendments, but we will see no serious scrutiny and no serious amendments. Both major parties have voted against further scrutiny.

If the major parties want to regain votes they should do it by offering better leadership, not by changing the rules. Voters will not forget that the two major parties are pulling up the ladder here. Australians are sick of it. If this legislation is in fact about transparency and preventing individuals from having too much influence, they'd accept these amendments. If it's about locking in the two parties, they won't.

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