Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Special Minister of State, Senator Farrell. The last election saw the biggest drop in votes for candidates from the major parties in our nation's history. More and more Australians are voting for independents like Senator Tyrrell and me. Australians are voting for independents because they know our loyalty is to the people who put us here—it is not to big corporate donors and it is not to unions. We work only for our people. Minister, you publicly stated in June this year:

The Australian electoral system shouldn't be just open to people with lots of money.

What is your government planning to do to, as you have stated, 'ensure that combination of transparency so that ordinary people can run campaigns'?