Why Australia’s Campaign Finance Reform is Likely to Face Constitutional Challenge

Why Australia’s Campaign Finance Reform is Likely to Face Constitutional Challenge Twomey, Anne Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-02-19 eng 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 Twomey, Anne Campaign Financing Implied freedom Political parties 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-australias-campaign-finance-reform-is-likely-to-face-constitutional-challenge/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/8427c96b52d54965 250219 10.59704/8427c96b52d54965 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)