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senate vote 2021-12-01#12
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Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Second Reading- Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
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<p class="speaker">Slade Brockman</p><p>The question is that the bill be now read a second time.</p><p></p><p></p> -
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-12-01.210.2) to agree with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means that the bill can now be discussed in greater detail.
- ### What is the bill's main idea?
- According to the [bill homepage](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6752), the bill:
- > *Amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to reduce from $500,000 to $100,000 the threshold for electoral expenditure that can be incurred by an individual or organisation before they are required to register as a political campaigner.*
- More detail is included in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd015), which is produced by the parliamentary library and is a useful nonpartisan document.
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