Climate 200: man behind teal MPs warns Labor not to hobble independents with electoral spending cap

Byron Fay, Climate 200’s executive director, at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday. ‘Now, the real work begins.’ Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The head of fundraising group Climate 200 has endorsed a cap on electoral spending proposed by Labor, but warned it must not be set at a level that helps incumbents and disadvantages new political players.

Byron Fay, the executive director of Climate 200, made the comments on Wednesday in response to the special minister of state, Don Farrell, revealing the government would aim to legislate a cap as part of reforms, including truth in political advertising and improving adherence to the one-vote one-value principle.