The Importance of Transparency in Australian Election Results

We have to ensure that when Australians blodge their vote at a federal election or for that matter a referendum, they know exactly who they're voting for and what the sources of funding might be. The second, I think, equally important is that it can't only be rich people who can afford to run and fund electoral campaigns. We want to make sure that ordinary Australians have an opportunity to run and to be elected. So you've got to have some mechanism to control just how much people can spend. Now, how do we implement that? We need to sit down, talk to the other parties, say, look, do you agree with the essential thrust of the recommendations and if you do