Reforms to political donations laws will make it harder for campaign groups to bankroll candidates, but whether the changes can stop the move away from the major parties is yet to be seen.
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court rejects claims he controls independent MPs elected with the group’s support. Kristoffer Paulsen
Simon Holmes à Court was speechless. Standing on the footpath next to Auburn Road, Hawthorn, in Melbourne’s leafy inner-east, he had just been kicked out of a campaign event for treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
It was the lead-up to the 2019 poll and the businessman and benefactor was left holding a glass of wine outside a local pub, traffic buzzing past.
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