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senate vote 2021-12-01#13 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-05-07 11:07:38	Title Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Second Reading Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Electoral expenditure amount Description ~~<p class="speaker">Marise Payne</p>~~ <p>I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the government amendments to be moved to this bill.</p> <p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p> The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-12-01.213.1) introduced by the government, which means it was successful. The amendment concerned the electoral expenditure amount. ### Amendment text > (1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 5), omit “$100,000”, substitute “$250,000”. ### What does this bill do? 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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senate vote 2021-12-01#13

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on 2022-05-07 11:07:38

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Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Second Reading
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Electoral expenditure amount

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~~Marise Payne~~
I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the government amendments to be moved to this bill.
Long debate text truncated.
The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-12-01.213.1) introduced by the government, which means it was successful. The amendment concerned the electoral expenditure amount.
### Amendment text
> *(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 5), omit “$100,000”, substitute “$250,000”.*
### What does this bill do?
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.