马克斯·钱德勒-马瑟触怒了总理。随后工党斥资 130 万澳元击败了他。
Max Chandler-Mather got under the Prime Minister’s skin. Then Labor spent $1.3M to defeat him.
堪培拉 —— 工党在绿党占据的两个布里斯班市中心选区各斥资 130 万澳元，其中包括成功将总理的对头马克斯·钱德勒-马瑟逐出议会的竞选支出。
CANBERRA — The Labor Party spent AU$1.3 million in each of two inner-city Brisbane seats held by the Greens, including its successful bid to oust the prime minister’s antagonist, Max Chandler-Mather, from parliament.
就在阿尔巴尼斯政府立法规定每个选区竞选支出上限为 80 万澳元仅几个月后，但在新法生效之前，工党为将钱德勒-马瑟从其格里菲斯选区席位上赶下台，花费比上限多出 50 万澳元。该党在相邻的布里斯班选区击败斯蒂芬·贝茨的竞选支出与之持平。
Just months after the Albanese government legislated an electoral spending cap of $800,000 per seat, but before the new law took effect, Labor spent half a million dollars more than that to unseat Chandler-Mather from his Griffith seat. The party matched that spending to defeat Stephen Bates in the neighboring seat of Brisbane.
这些关于工党竞选支出的新数据载于联邦政府针对两名前独立议员就支出和捐款上限提起的法律挑战所作的抗辩中，由《政治报》从高等法院获取。
The new statistics on Labor’s campaign spending are contained in the Commonwealth’s defense to a legal challenge by two former independent members of parliament against the spending and donation caps, obtained from the High Court by POLITICO.
2025 年 2 月，工党与联盟党联手通过法案，限制政治捐款、增加公共资助并限制竞选支出，这些措施将于 2027 年生效。
In February 2025, Labor and the Coalition combined to pass a bill to cap political donations, increase public funding and limit electoral expenditure, measures that will commence in 2027.