Coalition, Labor unite to neuter minor parties

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A meeting of Labor’s caucus has agreed to back most of the federal government’s proposed electoral law reforms. They include reducing the pre-polling period before a federal election no more than 12 days compared with three weeks at the 2019 election.

More importantly, the reforms will also tighten the eligibility rules for minor political parties to be registered:

[The reforms will force] the deregistration of some minor parties…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.