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Bill agreed to in principle.
Leave granted to dispense with the detail stage.
Bill agreed to.
Electoral Amendment Bill 2018
Detail stage
Debate resumed from 20 August 2020.
Clause 11.
MR RAMSAY (Ginninderra—Attorney-General, Minister for the Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural Events, Minister for Building Quality Improvement, Minister for Business and Regulatory Services and Minister for Seniors and Veterans) (5.14), by leave: I move amendments Nos 7 and 8 circulated in my name together [see schedule 7 at page 2333]. These amendments insert a new note under section 222G(2) to remind the receivers of gifts that the disclosure obligations under section 216A of the Electoral Act apply to all gifts.
The amendments reflect the intention that for a larger gift a political entity should have a higher degree of certainty that the giver is not a property developer or a close associate. It is based on the notion that the larger the gift received, the higher the risk of the undue influence.
The amendment also provides that subsection (2)(a) does not limit the matters to which the court may have regard in its determination whether a receiver has taken reasonable steps.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (5.15): Madam Speaker, the Canberra Liberals support these amendments. We support the technical note and we agree that the size of the donation should be considered by the courts in relation to reasonable steps.
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (5.16): The Greens also support the amendments, for basically the same reasons as the Liberals’.
Amendments agreed to.
MR RAMSAY (Ginninderra—Attorney-General, Minister for the Arts and Cultural Events, Minister for Building Quality Improvement, Minister for Business and Regulatory Services and Minister for Seniors and Veterans) (5.16): I move amendment No 9 circulated in my name [see schedule 7 at page 2333]. This is a technical amendment to the heading of the new section 222H. The bill currently includes the heading “Repayment of other gifts from property developers”; this will rename the heading to “Gifts from people that become property developers”.
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