8 September

A few slippery facts in this debate. The Labor Party was founded by unions - it's their party - so to deny them the right to fund Labor is basically just outlawing the Labor Party. Which the Liberals know. Also a lot of the popular mainstream press is already owned by people who use it to actively campaign for the Liberals. News Limited and Fox for example. So to level the playing field with donations - a good reform - at the same time potentially leaves the Liberals with a huge advantage in political terms, because all the money that goes towards supporting them doesn't just come as donations, it gets pumped into these news outlets.