Clive Palmer says Labor’s plan to cap political donations would silence ‘diversity of ideas’
Clive Palmer says Labor’s plan to cap political donations would silence ‘diversity of ideas’
Mining billionaire warns government against pursuing laws that would prevent him from continuing to spend millions in support of his electoral ambitions
"Billionaire businessman, Clive Palmer, has warned Labor against legislating electoral spending and donation caps, accusing it of attempting to “silence the diversity of ideas in this country”.
The Albanese government is preparing legislation to cap political donations and electoral spending, citing the influence of Palmer’s hundreds of millions of electoral spending, backed by donations from his company Mineralogy to the United Australia Party.
Although the reforms are backed by an inquiry into the 2022 election by the joint standing committee on electoral matters (Jscem), Palmer’s intervention into the debate spells trouble for the government, which could face a high court challenge on the basis caps infringe the implied freedom of political communication."
If a billionaire disagrees with an idea my new baseline response is ok, maybe this idea has merit. As you rarely hear a billionaire speaking altruistically
What a fucking nong. A cap doesn’t stop you from donating, it stops you from unfairly controlling the narrative. Such a move does more to allow ideas to be heard by not drowning them out.
He knows his argument is dogshit. He just hopes the majority are dumbcunt enough to buy what he's selling.
Yeah this cunt has given the equivalent of what $10-20 for every single person in Australia?
How is that not drowning out others ideas and controlling the narrative?
Prick.
As an American, do NOT let them claim that money is "speech"!
Hahaha no one listens to this Jabba the Hutt looking walking heart attack anyway. This useless fuck puts himself in the news with outlandish shit all the time and the press run with it just to fill a quota.
This is a dude who wanted to rebuild the Titanic which went nowhere, he wanted to make Jurassic park with "State of the art animatronics" from china, which china sent him the old crappy ones, he's a joke here and not one person with a sense of intelligence actually listens to him.
Fuck, I googled it and he literally just yesterday had a presser saying he was doing the Titanic II thing again: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/13/clive-palmer-titanic-ii-relaunch-plans-sydney-opera-house
Don't worry, our high court takes itself seriously
Allowing it means anyone with money is allowed to drown out the diversity of ideas with sheer volume of money.
Lmao if Clive cared so much about diversity of ideas, why did the UAP always vote with the Coalition 9.9 times out of 10? Barely had any ideas despite the lower house seats
Pay your fucking workers, Clive.
Add an American, trust me; it's a trap.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Billionaire businessman, Clive Palmer, has warned Labor against legislating electoral spending and donation caps, accusing it of attempting to “silence the diversity of ideas in this country”.
Although the reforms are backed by an inquiry into the 2022 election by the joint standing committee on electoral matters (Jscem), Palmer’s intervention into the debate spells trouble for the government, which could face a high court challenge on the basis caps infringe the implied freedom of political communication.
Guardian Australia first revealed in July 2022 that the special minister of state, Don Farrell, planned to legislate truth-in-political-advertising laws and spending caps, an intention confirmed in June 2023 when he said the government “can’t allow our electoral system to be held hostage by rich people”.
On Tuesday, Palmer responded to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age suggesting the law would allow tens of thousands – but not millions – to be donated and spent.
In 2019 the high court struck down a NSW law which halved the amount third-party groups can spend on state campaigns from $1.05m to $500,000, ruling that it infringed the implied freedom of political communication.
A spokesperson for the shadow special minister of state, Jane Hume, said “we will wait for the government to put forward a response to the final report of [Jscem], and then consider our position through the normal party processes”.
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