Senate debates
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Bills
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020; In Committee
12:34 pm
Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source
Anyone who breaches the law should, of course, be subject to the penalties that come with that breach of the law. But you're assuming that everyone will just breach the law. I'm assuming that, overwhelmingly, Australians seek to comply with the law. Where that is not the case—of course, that's why the penalties are there. So they are enforced and imposed in these circumstances.
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