Patrick Gorman (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I think I'm talking to the bill in its entirety in this consideration in detail stage. I'm talking to the entirety of the proposals that are put forward by the member for Curtin. I note that it does—when we talk about these expenditure caps, removing expenditure caps means that, for those who have money of their own, under this proposal if you delete all expenditure caps then, yes, anyone who has a large amount of money, if you're already a wealthy individual who seeks to go into the parliament and you can afford to or have the luxury to fund your own campaign— (Time expired)

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