Keane J 30. particular electorate if the expenditure is for advertising or other material that: 92 explicitly mentions the name of a candidate in the election in that electorate or the name of the electorate, and (b) is communicated to electors in that electorate, and (c) is not mainly communicated to electors outside that electorate." Sub-sections (1) and (2) of s 95G provide for the aggregation of electoral communication expenditure by associated political parties, that is to say, parties which 79: . . . 93 (a) endorse the same candidate for a State election, or endorse candidates included in the same group in a periodic Council election, or form a recognised coalition. Section 95G(6) provides that electoral communication expenditure of political parties and organisations affiliated with them is to be aggregated, thereby limiting the amount of electoral communication expenditure able to be incurred in total by the party and the affiliated organisation. Sub-sections (6) and (7) of s 95G provide: "(6) Aggregation of organisations expenditure of parties and affiliated Electoral communication expenditure incurred by a party that is of or less than the amount specified in section 95F for the party … is to be treated as expenditure that exceeds the applicable cap if that expenditure and any other electoral communication expenditure by an affiliated organisation of that party exceed the applicable cap so specified for the party. (7) 79 In subsection (6), an affiliated organisation of a party means a body or other organisation, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is authorised under the rules of that party to appoint delegates to the governing body of that party or to participate in pre-selection of candidates for that party (or both)." Election Funding, Expenditure and Disclosures Act 1981 (NSW), s 95G(1).

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