Completed inquiries and reports


Report Name

Date Tabled

Conduct of the 2022 federal election and other matters - Final Report  27 November 2023
Conduct of the 2022 federal election and other matters - Interim Report  19 June 2023
Advisory report on the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022
Government response: 23 May 2023
 13 February 2023

Report Name

Date Tabled

 Report on the Candidate Qualification Checklist
Parliamentary paper: TBA/2022
Government response: 14 May 2024
 31 March 2022
 Report of the inquiry on the future conduct of elections operating during times of emergency situations
Parliamentary paper: 178/2021
Government response:2 December 2021
 24 June 2021
 Review of the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Act 2018
Parliamentary paper: 142/2021
Government response: Not required
 27 May 2021
 Report on the conduct of the 2019 federal election and matters related thereto
Parliamentary paper: 583/2020
Government response: No response to date
 10 December 2020
 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Fair Representation of the Northern Territory) Bill 2020
Parliamentary paper: 468/2020
Government response:14 May 2024
 16 October 2020
 Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020
Parliamentary paper: 197/2020
Government response: No response to date
 25 August 2020
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering the Donation Disclosure Threshold) Bill 2019
Parliamentary paper: 131/2020
Government response:14 May 2024
 28 May 2020
 Interim report on all aspects of the conduct of the 2019 Federal Election and matters related thereto -
Delegation to the International Grand Committee, Dublin, Ireland

Parliamentary paper: 124/2020
Government response:14 May 2024
 15 May 2020
 Advisory Report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment
(Real Time Disclosure of Political Donations) Bill 2019

Parliamentary paper: 550/2019
Government response:14 May 2024
 17 December 2019

Report Name

Date Tabled

Advisory report: Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Lowering Voting Age and Increasing Voter Participation) Bill 2018

Parliamentary Paper:

Date of Government response:

29 March 2019

Status report: Australian Electoral Commission Annual Report 2017-18

Parliamentary Paper:

Date of Government response:

29 March 2019

Review of the AEC's annual report 2016-17

Matters raised in this inquiry were addressed as part of the 2016 federal election inquiry report

Report on the conduct of the 2016 federal election and matters related thereto

Parliamentary Paper: 603/2018

Date of Government response: 14 May 2024

05 December 2018

Second advisory report into the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017

Parliamentary Paper: 316/2018

Date of Government response:14 November 2018

15 October 2018

Excluded: The impact of section 44 on Australian democracy

Parliamentary Paper: 153/2018

Date of Government response: 14 May 2024

17 May 2018

Advisory report on the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017

Parliamentary Paper: 121/2018

Date of Government response:14 November 2018

09 April 2018
Report on the inquiry into decisions made by the Court of Disputed Returns

Parliamentary Paper: 9/2018

Date of Government response:

06 February 2018

Third interim report on the inquiry into the conduct of the 2016 federal election: AEC modernisation

Parliamentary Paper: 62/2017

Date of Government response: No response to date

21 June 2017
Second interim report on the inquiry into the conduct of the 2016 Federal Election: Foreign donations

Parliamentary Paper: 86/2017

Date of Government response:14 November 2018

10 March 2017
First interim report on the inquiry into the conduct of the 2016 Federal Election: Authorisation of voter communication

Parliamentary Paper: 483/2017

Date of Government response: No response to date

07 February 2017

 Report Name  Date Tabled    

Advisory report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016

Parliamentary Paper: 45/2016

 

2 March 2016

Inquiry into and report on all aspects of the conduct of the 2013 Federal Election and matters related thereto

Parliamentary Paper: 123/2015

Date of Government response:14 May 2024

15 April 2015

Second interim report on the inquiry into the conduct of the 2013 Federal Election: An assessment of electronic voting options

Parliamentary Paper: 339/2014

Date of Government response: No response to date

20 November 2014

Interim report on the inquiry into the conduct of the 2013 Federal Election: Senate voting practices

Parliamentary Paper: 81/2014

Date of Government response: No response to date

9 May 2014

Inquiry into the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Above the Line Voting) Bill 2013

 

24 February 2014

Earlier reports of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters are available at the following pages:

Register of Committee Reports: