Division Description Changes — Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Second Reading — 1st Dec 2021

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senate vote 2021-12-01#17 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-02-25 14:54:02	Title Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Second Reading Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Commencement Description ~~<p class="speaker">Slade Brockman</p>~~ <p>I will now move on to amendments circulated by the Australian Greens on sheet 1525.</p> <p class="italic"> <i>The Australian Greens circulated amendment—</i></p> ~~<p class="italic">(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute:</p>~~ <p class="italic">1. The whole of the Act          1 July 2022.</p> ~~<p><i>The </i> <i>Australian Greens</i> <i> opposed schedule 2 in the following terms—</i></p>~~ ~~<p class="italic">(2) Schedule 2, item 2, page 4 (lines 7 to 9.</p>~~ <p>We will start with item 2 of schedule 2. The question is that item 2 of schedule 2 stand as amended by government amendment 3.</p> <p>Question agreed to.</p> <p>The question is amendment (1) on sheet 1525 be agreed to.</p> ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted against [amendment (1)](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr6752_amend_2376b71c-3027-43db-8aec-53b980a15cdd%22;rec=0) moved by Queensland Senator [Larissa Waters](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/larissa_waters) (Greens), which means it failed. ### Amendment text > (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute: > *> 1.** The whole of the Act: 1 July 2022.* ### 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 organisa*tion 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.

~~Slade Brockman~~
I will now move on to amendments circulated by the Australian Greens on sheet 1525.
 The Australian Greens circulated amendment—
~~(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute:~~
1. The whole of the Act          1 July 2022.
~~The Australian Greens opposed schedule 2 in the following terms—~~
~~(2) Schedule 2, item 2, page 4 (lines 7 to 9.~~
We will start with item 2 of schedule 2. The question is that item 2 of schedule 2 stand as amended by government amendment 3.
Question agreed to.
The question is amendment (1) on sheet 1525 be agreed to.
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The majority voted against [amendment (1)](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr6752_amend_2376b71c-3027-43db-8aec-53b980a15cdd%22;rec=0) moved by Queensland Senator [Larissa Waters](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/larissa_waters) (Greens), which means it failed.
### Amendment text
> *(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 1), omit the table item, substitute:*
>
> *1. The whole of the Act: 1 July 2022.*
### 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.