John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

The government welcomes the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on 23 October 2008. I particularly thank the committee for two things that it recommended: that the bill—which I believe will help restore accountability, integrity and transparency to our electoral laws—be supported, and also that the committee report in October this year rather than in July next year, which the opposition originally wanted, for no other reason, I fear, than delaying its passage.