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The teal" candidate Kate Lardner has called for reform of Victoria's unfair" campaign donation laws with the number of independents in the state's parliament certain to go backwards at the weekend's election.

With independents claiming 10 seats at May's federal poll, one of the key talking points heading into the Victorian election was whether the major parties would suffer a similar assault.