James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not support this motion. The government is providing record funding to support almost 3,000 jobs for Indigenous rangers. The Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme would not prohibit foreign funding for Indigenous rangers. It merely requires groups funded by foreign principals for the purpose of influencing Australian democracy to register. Similarly, the foreign donations reforms are designed to ensure all political campaigning targeting Australians is paid for by Australians. The government is open to sensible refinements, following receipt of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security's report, to ensure the scheme achieves its important transparency objective.