Division Description Changes — Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Second Reading — 22nd Nov 2021

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representatives vote 2021-11-22#2 Edited by mackay staff on 2021-12-24 11:36:30	Title Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Second Reading Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Public confidence Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>SPEAKER (): The question now is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Scullin be disagreed to.</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-11-22.139.1) to disagree with an amendment moved by MP for Scullin [Andrew Giles](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/scullin/andrew_giles) (Labor), which means the amendment failed. The amendment would have changed the text of the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/), which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the bill's main idea). ### Amendment text** > That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: > > "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House: > *> (1) notes that the bill's explanatory memorandum states that** the amendments are intended to enhance public confidence in Australia's political processes;* > > (2) notes further that Labor has two bills before the Senate which would actually enhance public confidence in Australia's political processes, by lowering the disclosure threshold from the current $14,500 indexed to inflation to a fixed $1,000 and requiring real time disclosure of political donations; and > > (3) calls on the Coalition Government to end its attacks on groups impacted by this change, including charities and instead support Labor's political donations reforms". ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [bill homepage](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6752), the bill: *> Amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to reduce from $500 000 to $100 000 the threshold for electoral expenditure that ca*n be incurred by an individual or organisation before they are required to register as a political campaigner. More detail is included in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd015), which is produced by the parliamentary library and is a useful nonpartisan document. ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~

~~Tony Smith~~
~~SPEAKER (): The question now is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Scullin be disagreed to.~~
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-11-22.139.1) to *disagree* with an amendment moved by MP for Scullin [Andrew Giles](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/scullin/andrew_giles) (Labor), which means the amendment failed. The amendment would have changed the text of the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/), which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the bill's main idea).
### Amendment text
> *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
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> *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:*
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> *(1) notes that the bill's explanatory memorandum states that the amendments are intended to enhance public confidence in Australia's political processes;*
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> *(2) notes further that Labor has two bills before the Senate which would actually enhance public confidence in Australia's political processes, by lowering the disclosure threshold from the current $14,500 indexed to inflation to a fixed $1,000 and requiring real time disclosure of political donations; and*
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> *(3) calls on the Coalition Government to end its attacks on groups impacted by this change, including charities and instead support Labor's political donations reforms".*
### What is the bill's main idea?
According to the [bill homepage](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6752), the bill:
> *Amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to reduce from $500 000 to $100 000 the threshold for electoral expenditure that can be incurred by an individual or organisation before they are required to register as a political campaigner.*
More detail is included in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd015), which is produced by the parliamentary library and is a useful nonpartisan document.
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