旨在将大额资金排除出政治的捐款法改革，最新数据却显示主要政党将多获得数百万澳元。
Donation law reform aimed to take big money out of politics, but new figures reveal parties will rake in millions more.
堪培拉 —— 如果工党和自由党于2025年2月达成的捐款规则适用于上届联邦大选，工党将额外获得1540万澳元，自由党将额外获得940万澳元用于竞选。
CANBERRA — If the donation rules agreed by Labor and the Liberals in February 2025 had applied at the last federal election, Labor would have received an extra 15.4 million Australian dollars and the Liberals an extra 9.4 million for their campaigns.
政府在澳大利亚高等法院为该法辩护时提交的这些数字，似乎证实了该法律给主要政党带来巨大优势的担忧。该法律旨在设定捐款上限、增加公共资助并限制选举支出。
Those figures, contained in the government’s defense of the law in the High Court of Australia, appear to substantiate concerns the law provides a massive advantage for the major parties. The law aims to cap donations, increase public funding and limit electoral expenditure.
寻求首次进入议会的独立候选人将成为最大输家。如果新规则适用，妮科莱特·博伊尔2025年在悉尼布拉德菲尔德选区成功当选的竞选活动将减少74.6万澳元资金。
Independents seeking to break into parliament for the first time would have been the biggest losers. Nicolette Boele’s successful 2025 campaign for the seat of Bradfield in Sydney would have been $746,000 worse off if the new rules had applied.