BORA Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill [pdf, 419 KB]
...enacted, also be taken as a further indication by Parliament of the importance of party cohesion and affiliation. 33. Against this, however, it is necessary to note that the purposes of the Bill refer to party proportionality in qualified terms: 33.1 Clause 3(b) refers to "enhancement" of the maintenance of proportionality, rather than to maintenance itself; and 33.2 Clause 3(b) must, moreover, be read together with the parallel purpose in cl. 3(a) of enhancing public confid...