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Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has called for a complete ban on political donations “so far as it’s constitutionally possible to do so”.

Speaking to the ABC’s Australian Story, Dastyari described himself as “one of the weapons suppliers” in an “arms race” of political fundraising that was out of hand. Opposition leader Bill Shorten downplayed the possibility of a total ban, saying he was “not sure that the public is willing to pick up the tab for elections”. Dastyari resigned from shadow cabinet last year after his office took $1600 from a company with links to the Chinese government …

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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper