Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Do you want to hear the answer? We haven't done that. What we have done with this legislation is give ordinary Australians a chance to participate in the electoral system in this country. We have taken big money out of this process so that ordinary Australians like these ones here and maybe even some of those over there can participate in the electoral system. We don't want an American style electoral system in this country. We get one chance in the next week to do something about preserving and protecting our electoral system. We're introducing transparency. We're introducing accountability. When you go to the polls after this legislation has been introduced, you'll know exactly who the people are that have donated the $2.1 million to the campaign of Senator Pocock over here. If you're going to make a decision about voting for Senator Pocock, you'll know exactly who is supporting him.

We won't just made it harder for coal companies, gas companies and betting companies. We'll make it harder for every company. Every company in this country is going to find it more difficult to make donations, not just the companies you don't like. I understand Duncan Turpie will continue his massive donations— (Time expired)