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The Labor government in Western Australia is attempting to follow in the footsteps of Queensland Labor and pass legislation to “financially rig” the next election, according to Sky News host Paul Murray.

In Queensland, the ALP have passed legislation giving all unions a combined $1.7 million spending budget per seat while limiting the spending power of parties, candidates, and other groups with no union connections, to $149,000.

Under the proposed new Western Australia election rules an independent or party candidate could not spend over $125,000 and each union or third party would have a two million state-wide spending limit.

Mr Murray said there were at least 25 active unions in Western Australia which meant a combined union spending across the state would amount to $56 million while political party spending of the amounted to approximately $8.1 million.

He said the problem was under the new legislation unions are treated as completely independent despite the fact they are major supporters of the ALP.

The Liberals, Nationals, One Nation, the Greens, Palmer United, Shooters and Fishers and any other registered party in Western Australia would be disadvantaged if this legislation were to be passed.

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