Electoral Act 1985

to enhance public confidence in the electoral process by fairly and effectively regulating matters relating to electoral funding, expenditure and disclosure;

to promote integrity and accountability and reduce the risk and perception of undue influence in the electoral process by—

prohibiting electoral donations and electoral loans to certain participants and limiting other electoral donations and electoral loans; and

providing for public funding of elections and funding for administrative expenditure of certain participants in the electoral process; and

imposing caps on political expenditure;

to ensure transparency in the sources of funding and political expenditure of participants in the electoral process;

to reduce the need for participants in the electoral process to engage in fundraising activities so as to improve their capacity to represent their constituents and perform functions as office holders or candidates;

to promote participation in the electoral process by any elector (including an elector of limited means).