The Labor and Liberal Party are trying to fill their coffers while many Australians can’t fill their fridge.

Did you know, Labor wants to give political parties $5 of your taxpayer money every time you vote for them?

This week they're introducing a new "electoral reform." They say it's to limit political donations. Rubbish!. In fact, huge donations would still be allowed, but major parties would get more of your taxpayer dollars too, all to pay for more of their political ads.

The Red and the Blue team tried this on 10 years ago but the Australian public got so angry their back benchers revolted and Gillard and Abbott had to backflip. Let’s make Albo and Dutton do the same.

As Laurie Oakes said in 2013 “Even a total political nong would realise the level of community outrage that would generate—but Gillard apparently did not.” It seems the nongs never learn.”

There is a better way

I’m all for cleaning up political donations and many parts of the reforms Labor are introducing to the electoral act are common sense things that should’ve been done years ago. But here’s what’s dodgy:

• The $5 per vote cash grab to give major parties tens of millions of your cash.
• $30,000 of new “admin assistance” cash for Members of Parliament every year.
• Rushing a 200 page bill through Parliament in a week with no time for us to check the dodgy details!