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Chapter 1 Introduction

[1]       House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 59, 28 June 2012, p. 3.

[2]       Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 2.

[3]       Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 1.

[4]       The Hon Gary Gray AO MP, Special Minister of State, House of Representatives Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 11.

[5]       Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 1.

[6]       Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012,  p. 2

[7]       Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM), The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, p. 54.

[8]       JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Recommendation 12, p. 59.

[9]       JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, p. 165.

[10]     JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, pp. 165-166.

[11]     The Hon Gary Gray AO MP, Special Minister of State, House of Representatives Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 12.

[12]     The Hon Gary Gray AO MP, Special Minister of State, House of Representatives Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 12.

[13]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 15.

[14]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 16.

[15]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 4.

[16]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 4.

[17]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 5.

[18]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 5.

[19]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, pp. 6-7.

[20]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 13.

[21]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 14.

[22]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 14.

[23]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 14.

[24]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 15.

[25]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 15.

[26]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 16.

[27]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 16.

[28]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 16.

[29]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 16.

[30]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 17.

[31]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 18.

[32]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 19.

[33]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 20.

[34]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 20.

Chapter 2 Issues in the Bill

[1]       Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, ss. 184A and 184.

[2]       Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), Submission 2, pp. 5-6.

[3]       Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 7.

[4]       Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 2.

[5]       Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 5.

[6]       AEC, Submission 2.1, p. 1.

[7]       AEC, Submission 2.1, pp. 1-2.

[8]       Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 6.

[9]       Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 3.

[10]     AEC, Submission 2, p. 6.

[11]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 13.

[12]     Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, pp. 13-14.

[13]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 14.

[14]     Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 24.

[15]     AEC, Submission 2, p. 9.

[16]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 6.

[17]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 7.

[18]     Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, pp. 1-3; Democratic Audit of Australia, Submission 1, p. 1.

[19]     For example, JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, pp. 55-62.

[20]     Commonwealth of Australia, Electoral Reform Green Paper—Strengthening Australia’s Democracy, December 2008, p. 167.

[21]     AEC, Submission 2.1, p. 2.

[22]     JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, Recommendation 13, p. 60.

[23]     JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, Recommendation 14, p. 61.

[24]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 2.

[25]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 3.

[26]     Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 4.

[27]     Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 4.

[28]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 7.

[29]     Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 5.

[30]     Democratic Audit of Australia, Submission 1, p. 3.

[31]     JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 163.

[32]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, ss. 167 and 170(3); and AEC, Candidates Handbook federal election, p. 31.

[33]     JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 165.

[34]     JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, pp. 165-166.

[35]     JSCEM, The 2010 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the election and related matters, June 2011, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, Dissenting report, p. 179.

[36]     The Hon Gary Gray AO MP, Special Minister of State, House of Representatives Hansard, 27 June 2012, p. 11.

[37]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 166(1).

[38]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 123(1).

[39]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, ss. 166(IC) and (ID).

[40]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 166(1).

[41]     Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, Schedule 2, Part 1, clause 1.

[42]     AEC, Submission 2, p. 17, Table 3.3.

[43]     AEC, Submission 2, p. 15.

[44]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, Schedule 1, Form CB.

[45]     Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, Schedule 2, Part 1, clause 1.

[46]     AEC, Submission 2, p. 14.

[47]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 21.

[48]     Explanatory Memorandum, Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012, p. 3.

[49]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 20.

[50]     Electoral Reform Australia, Submission 3, p. 1.

[51]     FamilyVoice, Submission 6, p. 3.

[52]     Democratic Labor Party, Submission 7, p. 1.

[53]     Proportional Representation Society of Australia, Submission 8, p. 3.

[54]     Australian Democrats, Submission 4, p. 3.

[55]     Professor Brian Costar, Democratic Audit of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 19.

[56]     FamilyVoice, Submission 6, p. 3.

[57]     Democratic Labor Party of Australia, Submission 7, p. 2; and Australian Democrats, Submission 4, p. 4.

[58]     Electoral Reform Australia, Submission 3, p. 2.

[59]     FamilyVoice, Submission 6, p. 4.

[60]     Democratic Audit of Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[61]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 114(3).

[62]     AEC, Submission 2.1, p. 4.

[63]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 118(4).

[64]     Commonwealth of Australia, Electoral Reform Green Paper—Strengthening Australia’s Democracy, December 2008, p. 43.

[65]     A further breakdown by age group is available in the AEC’s Submission 2.1, p. 5.

[66]     Commonwealth of Australia, Electoral Reform Green Paper—Strengthening Australia’s Democracy, December 2008, p. 43; AEC, Submission 2.1, p. 4.

[67]     Commonwealth of Australia, Electoral Reform Green Paper—Strengthening Australia’s Democracy, December 2008, p. 42.

[68]     Roach v Electoral Commissioner [2007] HCA 43.

[69]     Roach v Electoral Commissioner [2007] HCA 43.

[70]     AEC, Submission 2, p. 19.

[71]     Mr Thomas Rogers, Deputy Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 18. See also AEC, Submission 2, p. 19.

[72]     People with Disability Australia, Submission 5.1, p. 2.

[73]     Ms Ngila Bevan, People with Disability Inc, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 17.

[74]     People with Disability Australia, Submission 5.1, p. 2.

[75]     PWD Australia, Submission 5.1, p. 2.

[76]     PWD Australia, Submission 5, p. 3.

[77]     AEC, Submission 2.1, p. 3.

[78]     AEC, Submission 2.1, p. 3.

[79]     AEC, Submission 2.1, p. 4.

[80]     PWD, Submission 5.1, p. 2.

[81]     Professor Brian Costar, Democratic Audit of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 16.

[82]     Electoral Matters Committee, Inquiry into the conduct of the 2006 Victorian state election and matters related thereto: Report to Parliament, June 2008, Parliament of Victoria, pp. 81-82; and Inquiry into the conduct of the 2010 Victorian state election and matters related thereto: Report to Parliament, May 2012, Parliament of Victoria, pp. 124-125.

[83]     Electoral Matters Committee, Inquiry into the conduct of the 2010 Victorian state election and matters related thereto: Report to Parliament, Parliament of Victoria, May 2012, pp. 124-125.

[84]     Ms Ngila Bevan, People with Disability Inc, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 16.

[85]     People with Disability, Submission 5.1, p. 3.

[86]     Democratic Labor Party, Submission 7, p. 2.

[87]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Electoral Commissioner, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 17.

[88]     Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, AEC, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2012, Canberra, p. 18.

[89]     Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, The report of the inquiry into all aspects of the conduct of the 1996 federal elections and matters related thereto, June 1997, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 21.

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