 New restrictions on the amount of political advertising between elections
The previous rules restricted to $200,001 the amount any group can spend on political advertising during a political campaign.Under the new Bill, this became the limit on spending in relation to an election, limiting the total spending on political communications in the four to five years between elections.While Democracy Watch noted this restriction is likely to be struck down by a court, it was accused of putting a chill on groups that might otherwise carry out communications before the next election in 2015.