Push to Stop ‘Arms Race’ in Australian Federal Election Spending

Push to Stop ‘Arms Race’ in Australian Federal Election Spending
Australian banknotes in Melbourne, on Nov. 7, 2017. Paul Crocker/AFP via Getty Images
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Influential donors with deep pockets are having an effect on Australian politics as a report finds election spending has reached record highs.

Analysis by the Centre for Public Integrity, an independent think tank, found election spending had increased by almost 85 percent in the past two decades.

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