If you don't know what the Libs spent, you can't judge if the indies spend was excessive. The 'less than $400k' is straight from Haines (multiple interviews), as well as local knowledge.
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...and please don't do that thing where someone asks me to explain something and then attacks me when I do just that. Knowing how things work and being responsible for the thing aren't the same.
...I suppose I'd also add that explaining something doesn't necessarily mean I have a point of view! I'm sure that if I wrote electoral donations laws they'd be different to these. All legislation tends to be cobbled together out of practicality rather than perfection.
Sorry, I do get a bit jumpy about that one. I try and explain what I've been asked to explain and then get accused of holding a position I don't necessarily. I suppose it's sort of an occupational hazard!
The article points out that it can't distinguish national/state spends from local ones. The examples it cites of 'big spending' by the majors are $1 million campaigns (and they're rare enough to be singled out).
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