Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has hailed the end of large donations to political parties, after a series of wide-ranging electoral reforms were announced yesterday.
Under the new changes, public funding to political parties and candidates in Queensland elections will increase by $23 million, political parties will not be allowed to spend more than $92 000 in a single electorate, and individual donations to political parties will be capped at $10 000 over a parliamentary term.
Deputy Opposition Leader Tim Mander has described the changes as “unfair”, saying that the changes were designed to curb the influence of political opposition to the Labor Party.