nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/8427c96b52d54965 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250219s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/8427c96b52d54965 doi eng 342 23 Twomey, Anne Author aut Why Australia’s Campaign Finance Reform is Likely to Face Constitutional Challenge Twomey, Anne Verfassungsblog 2025-02-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier After decades of gridlock on campaign finance reform at the federal level in Australia, the major parties reached a deal to pass the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 2025 (Cth) on almost the last parliamentary sitting day before a forthcoming election. The new law will not take effect until after the election. It will lower the threshold for the disclosure of donations and ensure disclosures are published more quickly. It will also impose a cap on political donations and a cap on electoral expenditure. This all sounds like a great improvement for transparency and fairness in election campaigning. In theory, it is. So why and how could it be the subject of a successful constitutional challenge? CC BY-SA 4.0 Campaign Financing Implied freedom Political parties Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-australias-campaign-finance-reform-is-likely-to-face-constitutional-challenge/ raw object