The Albanese government is preparing legislation to cap political donations and electoral spending, citing the influence of Palmer’s hundreds of millions of electoral spending, backed by donations from his company Mineralogy to the United Australia Party. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/12/clive-palmer-labor-political-donations-cap-legislation-comments #auslaw #auspol #advertising #impliedfreedom Guardian Australia first revealed in July 2022 that the special minister of state, Don Farrell, planned to legislate truth-in-political-advertising laws and spending caps, an intention confirmed in June 2023 when he said the government “can’t allow our electoral system to be held hostage by rich people”.

“It can’t only be rich people who can afford to run and fund electoral campaigns,” he said.