Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I don't believe that the internal affairs of the Liberal Party are a subject of this bill. I don't represent the Liberal Party as an organisation in this chamber; I represent the government. Clearly, whatever the arrangements are that are engaged in by the Liberal Party, by the Labor Party, by the Greens, by the Jacqui Lambie Network or, indeed, by Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party, they all have to comply with relevant laws. What we are saying is that, when it comes to the conduct of federal elections, they should be governed by federal laws. When it comes to the conduct of state elections, they should be governed by state laws.