Government cynical about Labor's proposal to clean up political donations
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Labor has outlined a suite of measures to clean up the hazy world of political donations. The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says his legislation, which includes banning foreign donations and reducing the disclosure limit to $1,000 dollars, will help fix the perception that politics is broken. But the Minister responsible for electoral reform Scott Ryan says the Opposition's proposal today is a stunt, claiming Labor didn't reform the system when they were in Government, and an expert on political donations says Labor should have proposed a cap on donations if it wants real reform.
Source: The World Today | Duration: 4min 37sec
Topics: alp, federal-elections, corruption, australia
The Federal Labor Leader Bill Shorten is also trying to get some milage on another issue today... the reform of political donations.
He is proposing legislation to ban foreign donations to Australian political parties and to reduce the disclosure limit to one-thousand dollars.
But the Minister responsible for electoral reform says Mr Shorten is just pulling on a stunt, saying the Labor party didn't reform the system when it was in Government.
And an expert on political donations says Labor should have proposed a cap on donations if it wants real reform.
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Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader
Scott Ryan, Special Minister of State
Adjunct Professor Colleen Lewis, National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash Univeristy
