Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024

Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (22:12): Thank you for your question. We'll get back to fundamental principles here. The whole point of this legislation is to create a level playing field, to allow ordinary Australians to participate in the electoral process and to limit big money in our electoral system.

So how do new entrants benefit? Well, they benefit in all of those ways. The task of raising money is nowhere near as great as it was prior to this legislation and—