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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Labor aims to legislate spending caps and truth in advertising, says Don Farrell

Don Farrell
Special minister of state Don Farrell. Labor supported truth in political advertising and electoral spending caps ahead of the 2019 election, but neither featured prominently in 2022. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Labor will push to legislate spending caps and truth in political advertising, as well as promote adherence to the one-vote one-value principle in an ambitious suite of electoral reforms, Don Farrell said.

The special minister of state said that Labor will be “putting the case” to an inquiry into the 2022 election “as to why those things should be done”, signalling their likely inclusion in a government bill to be presented ahead of the next election.

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