John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

The commission kindly wrote to me to advise me about the assigned money. I have not heard from it since, which means that was perhaps the final item of correspondence.

I would go much of the way towards agreeing with Senator Ross. What is required is full disclosure of everything contributed. The imposition of an upper limit is problematic, especially for the larger parties which have a multiplicity of branches. If these branches run race nights or quizzes from which come contributions to national and local golf classics, it will not take long for the limit to be reached. The difficulty of accounting at all stages means that the limit can be breached quite inadvertently. I am inclined to think that we should insist that declarations are made at all levels, but I would raise the limit considerably or abolish it altogether, provided we know from where the money comes.