RN Breakfast: Queensland crackdown on election donations

Interview by Hamish McDonald, producer Cathy Van Extel, ABC RN Breakfast 30th October 2019.

Queensland is set to implement the toughest electoral donation caps and spending limits in the country.

Next month the Palaszczuk Government will introduce a bill into State Parliament, with spending caps to take effect in time for next year’s state election.

The electoral reforms have been welcomed by the Centre for Public Integrity.

Guest: Anthony Whealey, chair, Centre for Public Integrity and former justice, NSW Supreme Court