Article 6FYG2 Capping donations but permitting cash-for-access dinners would be a ‘rort’, Greens warn

Capping donations but permitting cash-for-access dinners would be a ‘rort’, Greens warn

by
Paul Karp chief political correspondent
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Adam Bandt accuses Labor and Coalition of aiming to rig' electoral funding system to make it harder for Greens or independents to compete fairly

Adam Bandt has said that capping donations while allowing cash-for-access dinners is a rort not a reform", warning the major parties against possible collusion" to make it harder for independents and minor parties to be elected.

The Greens leader sounded the alarm at the party's national conference on Saturday, accusing Labor and the Coalition of aiming to rig the electoral funding system, making it harder for Greens candidates, or independents, to compete fairly".

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