Labor will not support donations law that 'punishes' charities, says Shorten

Labor leader says he will keep working to ban foreign donations but believes it can be done without impacting other groups including not-for-profits

The Labor leader Bill Shorten has toughened his language on the Turnbull government’s proposed ban on foreign donations and other electoral law changes, declaring he will not support charities and not-for-profits being silenced.

Shorten’s remarks on Sunday follow a decision by the activist group GetUp to target the ALP in a new campaign urging members to lobby federal parliamentarians against the proposed laws.

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