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Big parties right to set new limits on election funds
But there is still a whiff of self-interest in measures which will clip the wings of well-funded independent disruptors
A week after the most expensive election in US history highlighted once again the problematic relationship politics has with big money, Labor and the Coalition have agreed to cap election spending in Australia and improve the transparency of candidates’ financial backers.
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