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📜 Electoral Amendment Bill 2023

Legislative Council Second ReadingLCBill 11815 June 2023Private Member

The Electoral Amendment Bill 2023 amends the Electoral Act 1907 to improve disclosure laws for political donations, introduce expenditure caps for election campaigns, and ban foreign political donations. It also updates definitions and reporting requirements.

Impact

Political parties, associated entities, candidates, and donors are affected. The changes aim to increase transparency and fairness in WA elections by limiting spending and preventing foreign influence.

Key Changes

["Introduces expenditure caps for political parties and candidates during election campaigns.", "Bans political donations from foreign donors.", "Requires political parties and associated entities to lodge quarterly returns on gifts and income.", "Lowers the disclosure threshold for political donations to $1,000."]

Parliamentary Progress

LC Second Reading MovedLC15 June 2023

Affected Sectors

public_sector

Penalty Provisions2 found

civil · criminal

175RA(5)Civil

Receiving gifts from foreign donors

“(5) If a person receives a gift and, by virtue of subsection (3), it is unlawful for the person to receive the gift, an amount equal to the amount or value of the gift is payable by the person to the State and may be recovered by the State as a debt due to the State by action, in a court of competent jurisdiction, against —”

175SOCriminalboth

Exceeding applicable expenditure cap

“175SO. Offence if applicable expenditure cap exceeded”

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