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

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senate vote 2021-12-01#18 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-02-25 14:01:39	Title Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021; Third Reading Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill Description ~~<p class="speaker">Slade Brockman</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and that the bill be now passed.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2021-12-01.224.1) to pass the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third 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 will now be sent back to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will consider whether they agree with the amendments. ### 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.

~~Slade Brockman~~
~~The question is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and that the bill be now passed.~~
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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2021-12-01.224.1) to pass the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third 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 will now be sent back to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will consider whether they agree with the amendments.
### 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.