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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 11 Hansard (26 September) . . Page.. 3636 ..

The Government has not followed the Commonwealth's lead in one significant aspect. The Commonwealth has increased its rate of public funding to around $1.50 per vote. In view of the ACT's budgetary situation, the Government has not moved to alter the ACT's public funding rate, which currently stands at around $1.08 per vote.

Mr Speaker, I am confident that this Bill will lead to greater transparency in the political process while at the same time reducing the administrative burden placed on political participants to a more practical level by not requiring two entirely different returns to be lodged.

I commend the Bill to the Assembly.

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