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

I'd take that question on notice. I obviously don't have that sort of information to hand. I'll have to inquire with the Electoral Commission. But I think I've answered it in all of the other questions. I think that Senator Patrick and I, on behalf of the government, will just have to agree to disagree. We have a different view. We believe that we need to appropriately balance people's rights to participate in the democratic process, including by supporting financially the political party or the candidates that they would like to see elected at an election, and it is important to have appropriate transparency and disclosure arrangements in place. We believe the current arrangements work well and appropriately balance these two objectives.