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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Karen Middleton Political editor

Labor and Liberals will get double their public funding if ‘biased’ electoral rules are passed, Climate 200 says

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton
Labor hopes to pass the electoral reform legislation with bipartisan Coalition support. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Australia’s two major political parties will more than double their public funding at the 2028 federal election to reap a combined $140m under the government’s proposed changes to electoral laws, according to the organisation which funded successful teal independent candidates at the 2022 election.

Climate 200 has calculated the likely increase in the amount the Labor and Liberal parties could claim in public funding at the 2028 election, after the proposed new system is slated to take effect.

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