Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Special Minister of State, Minister Farrell. After two years of promises, yesterday the government finally introduced electoral reform legislation. But there's no ban on fossil fuel companies donating to big political parties who keep approving new coal and gas mines, there's no ban on accepting corporate donations and there seem to be massive loopholes in the form of nominated entities, which will ensure that the war chests of the big parties can be grandfathered in and spent on national campaigning up to $90 million. When one in three voters chose to vote for someone other than the major parties at the last election, why has the government introduced legislation that favours the two-party system at the expense of smaller parties and new entrants?