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Footnotes

Chapter 2 2010 election overview and key issues

[1]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 19.

[2] Australian Electoral Commission, Changes to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 since the 2004 election (2007), Electoral Newsfile, p. 2.

[3]       Rowe v Electoral Commissioner [2010] HCA 46.

[4]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 32.

[5]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 32, Table 3.5.

[6]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 35.

[7]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 20.

[8]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 69.

[9]       Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, ss. 157-158.

[10]     These changes arose out of amendments contained in the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2010 (Modernisation Act) and in the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Pre-poll Voting and Other Measures) Act 2010.

[11]     Mr Jonathan Ring, National Organiser, Community and Public Sector Union, Transcript, 15 June 2011, p. 3.

[12]     Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 95, pp. 2 and 6.

[13]     Dr Kristin van Barneveld, Deputy National Secretary, Community and Public Sector Union, Transcript, 15 June 2011.

[14]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 8.

[15]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, pp. 8-9.

[16]     Australian Labor Party, Submission 55, p. 1.

[17]     The Nationals, Submission 93, p. 5.

[18]     The Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 2.

[19]     AEC website, http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Media_releases/e2010/10-01.htm, viewed 14 February 2011.

[20]     The Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 2.

[21]     Australian Labor Party, Submission 55, p. 1.

[22]     Mr Rowan Ramsey MP, Member for Grey, Submission 32, p. 1.

[23]     Mr Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, Submission 70, p. 1.

[24]     The Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 4; and The Nationals, Submission 93, p. 10.

[25]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 28.

[26]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 22.

[27]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 69.

[28]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 70.

[29]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 75.

[30]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 74.

[31]     Mr Brad Henderson, Federal Director, The Nationals, Transcript, 23 March 2011, p. 5.

[32]     Mr Brian Loughnane, Federal Director, Liberal Party of Australia, Transcript, 18 April 2011, p. 42.

[33]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 7.

[34]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 77.

[35]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 31.

[36]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 30.

[37]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 25.

Chapter 3 Maintaining the electoral roll

[1]       AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/Website/GeneralEnrolmentByState-13745.htm, viewed 16 June 2011. There were 13 646 539 electors on the roll for the 2007 election.

[2]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 22.

[3]       AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/GeneralEnrolmentByState-15508.htm, viewed 16 June 2011.

[4]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 22.

[5]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 26.

[6]       Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 6.

[7]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 18.

[8]       Ms Anne Bright, State Manager for Queensland, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 42.

[9]       Ms Jenni McMullan, State Manager for Victoria, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 16.

[10]     Mr Robert Pugsley, Manager for Northern Territory, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 22.

[11]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 37.

[12]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 37.

[13]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Inquiry into the conduct of the 2007 federal election and matters related thereto, Transcript, 17 March 2009, p. 2.

[14]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 18.

[15]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 18.

[16]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 7.

[17]     Australian National Audit Office, The Australian Electoral Commission’s Preparation for and Conduct of the 2007 Federal General Election, Audit Report no. 28 2009-10, pp. 15-16.

[18]     The Democratic Audit of Australia, Submission 36, p. 2.

[19]     Mr Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 1.

[20]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, pp. 56-57.

[21]     The Nationals, Submission 93, p. 1.

[22]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 46.

[23]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 49.

[24]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 47, Table 3.7.

[25]     Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Inquiry into the implications of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Automatic Enrolment) Act 2009 (NSW) for the conduct of Commonwealth elections (Automatic Enrolment Report), Commonwealth of Australia, 2010,  Foreword.

[26]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 53.

[27]     Mr Steve Tully, Victorian Electoral Commissioner, Victorian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 13 April 2011, p. 3.

[28]     Mr Steve Tully, Victorian Electoral Commissioner, Victorian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 13 April 2011, p. 3.

[29]     Mr Steve Tully, Victorian Electoral Commissioner, Victorian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 13 April 2011, p. 4.

[30]     Mr Steve Tully, Victorian Electoral Commissioner, Victorian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 13 April 2011, p. 5.

[31]     A number of matters were discussed in a meeting with representatives from the NSW Electoral Commission, 18 April 2011.

[32]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 6.

[33]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 26.

[34]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, pp. 26-27.

[35]     Letter from the Australian Electoral Commission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, dated 28 June 2011.

[36]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 26.

[37]     Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Report on the conduct of the 2007 federal election and matters related thereto, Commonwealth of Australia, 2009, pp. 28-29.

[38]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript 4, March 2011, p. 24.

[39]     Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures Act) 2004, items 51 and 55.

[40]     Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2006, item 96.

Chapter 4 Polling and voting

[1]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 22.

[2]       AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/SenateVotesCountedByState-15508.htm, viewed 20 June 2011.

[3]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 74.

[4]       Mr Russel Broadbent MP, Member for McMillan, Submission 9, p. 1; and Mr Rowan Ramsey MP, Member for Grey, Submission 32, p. 1.

[5]       Ms Lyndall Ryan, Submission 10, p. 1.

[6]       Mr Duncan Evans, Submission 83, p. 1.

[7]       Mr Rowan Ramsey MP, Member for Grey, Submission 32, p. 1.

[8]       Mr Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, Submission 70, p. 1

[9]       Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 2.

[10]     Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 95, pp. 2-3.

[11]     Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 2.

[12]     Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 5.

[13]     Mr Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, Submission 70, p. 1; Mr Russel Broadbent MP, Member for McMillan, Submission 9, p. 1; and Mr Duncan Evans, Submission 83, p. 1.

[14]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 110.

[15]     The statements of 31 August 2010 are available on the AEC’s website, http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Media_releases/e2010/index.htm.

[16]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 110.

[17]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 111.

[18]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 111.

[19]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 113.

[20]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 77.

[21]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 11.

[22]     Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 1.

[23]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 79.

[24]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 70.

[25]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 77.

[26]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 77.

[27]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 77.

[28]     Ms Anne Bright, State Manager for Queensland, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 43.

[29]     Ms Jenni McMullan, State Manager for Victoria, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 16.

[30]     Mr Peter Kramer, State Manager for Western Australia, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 19.

[31]     Dr. Mal Washer MP, Submission 7; and Mr Russell Broadbent MP, Submission 9.

[32]     The Nationals, Submission 93, p. 4

[33]     The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Submission 70, p. 2.

[34]     Ms Anne Bright, State Manager for Queensland, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 49.

[35]     Calculated by subtracting PVCs issued in 2007 from those issued in 2010, Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 82.

[36]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 80.

[37]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 80.

[38]     For a full discussion of the 2004 APVIS issues, see Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Report of the Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto, September 2005, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, available at http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/em/elect04/report.htm.

[39]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, pp. 82-83.

[40]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 82.

[41]     The Nationals, Submission 93, p. 6.

[42]     Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 3.

[43]     Australian Labor Party, Submission 55, p. 3.

[44]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 25 May 2011, p. 16.

[45]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 80.

[46]     These measures were contained in The Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2010.

[47]     AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/GeneralDecVotesIssuedByState-15508.htm, viewed 21 June 2011.

[48]     AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/SenateVotesCountedByState-15508.htm , viewed 21 June 2011.

[49]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 109.

[50]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 10.

[51]     Senator Scott Ryan, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 12.

[52]     Mr Ed Killesteyn, Australian Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, pp. 10-11.

[53]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, Annex 6, table A6.1, p. 189.

[54]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 89.

[55]     Blind Citizens Australia, Submission 56, pp. 5-9.

[56]     Blind Citizens Australia, Submission 56, pp. 5-6.

[57]     Vision Australia, Submission 69, p. 4.

[58]     Blind Citizens Australia, Submission 56, p. 4.

[59]     Blind Citizens Australia, Submission 56, p. 4.

[60]     Blind Citizens Australia, Submission 56, p. 5.

[61]     Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Report on the 2007 federal election electronic voting trials: Interim report of the inquiry into the conduct of the 2007 election and matters related thereto, March 2009, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 50.

[62]     NSW Electoral Commission website, http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/voting/ivote, viewed 6 April 2011.

[63]     Ms Katherine Johnson, Royal Society for the Blind of South Australia, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 53.

[64]     Mr Michael Simpson, General Manager, Vision Australia, Transcript, 18 April 2011, p. 5.

[65]     Dr Vanessa Teague, Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia, Transcript, 13 April 2001, p. 47.

[66]     Blind Citizens Australia, Submission 56, p. 2.

[67]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p.p. 91-92

[68]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, pp. 91-92

[69]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p.p. 91-92

[70]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p.p. 91-92

[71]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p.p. 91-92

[72]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 93.

[73]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 93.

[74]     Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 5.

Chapter 5 Safeguarding the franchise

[1]       Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Report on the conduct of the 2007 federal election and matters related thereto (2009), Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, pp. 40-41.

[2]       High Court of Australia website, http://www.hcourt.gov.au/publications/judgment-summaries/2010-judgment-summaries, viewed 20 October 2010.

[3]       Rowe v Electoral Commissioner [2010] HCA 46, paragraph 489.

[4]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 32.

[5]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 32, Table 3.5.

[6]       High Court of Australia website, http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgment-summaries/2007/hca43-2007-09-26.pdf, viewed 3 June 2011.

[7]       Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 93(8AA).

[8]       Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 96A

Reinstatement to the roll

[1]       Discussion with Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Officer, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 25 May 2011, pp. 7-9.

[2]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 62.

[3]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 85.

[4]       AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/GeneralEnrolmentByState-15508.htm, viewed 16 March 2011.

[5]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, pp. 22-23.

[6]       Mr Jonathan Ring, National Organiser, Community and Public Sector Union, Transcript, 15 June 2011, p. 3.

[7]       AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/GeneralDecVotesReceivedByState-15508.htm; and http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/HouseVotesCountedByState-15508.htm, viewed 16 March 2011.

[8]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 85.

[9]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 87.

[10]     Australian Labor Party, Submission 55, p. 3.

[11]     The Greens NSW, Submission 86, p. 3.

[12]     The Nationals, Submission 93, pp. 6-7.

[13]     Mr Peter Brent, Democratic Audit of Australia, Transcript, 20 November 2009, p. 41.

[14]     Professor George Williams, Transcript, 20 November 2009, p. 41.

[15]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 85.

Formality issues

[1]       Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, ss. 7 and 24.

[2]       Source: AEC Virtual Tally Room, Election 2010, House of Representatives Informal votes by State, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/HouseInformalByState-15508.htm, viewed 1 June 2011.

[3]       Source: AEC Virtual Tally Room, Election 2010, Senate Informal votes by State, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/SenateInformalByState-15508.htm, viewed 1 June 2011.

[4]       Australian Electoral Commission, Analysis of Informal Voting: House of Representatives, 2010 Federal Election, Research Report Number 12, 29 March 2011, p. 3.

[5]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 3.

[6]       Australian Electoral Commission, Scrutineers Handbook: Federal election 2010, Version 3, p. 47.

[7]       Australian Electoral Commission, Scrutineers Handbook: Federal election 2010, Version 3, p. 54.

[8]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 3.

[9]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 3; Australian Electoral Commission, Analysis of Informal Voting: House of Representatives 2010 Federal Election, Research Report Number 12, 29 March 2011, p. 79.

[10]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 3.

[11]     For example of news coverage see http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/lathams-blank-vote-blather-from-mouth-of-truculent-teen-20100816-125ns.html?comments=302, viewed 10 June 2011.

[12]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, pp. 3-4.

[13]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 3.

[14]     This data is also available in the AEC’s informality analysis: Australian Electoral Commission, Analysis of informal voting: 2010 House of Representatives election, Research Report Number 12, 29 March 2011, Appendices C and F.

[15]     AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/SenateNominationsByState-15508.htm, viewed 3 May 2011; and http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/Downloads/SenateFirstPrefsByStateByVoteTypeDownload-15508.csv, viewed 3 May 2011.

[16]     Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform, First Report, September 1983, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 49.

[17]     AEC website, http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/Reform_present.htm.

[18]     Senator Graham Maguire, Senate Hansard, Second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983, 30 November 1983, p. 2980.

[19]     Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform, First Report, September 1983, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 53 and Appendix 3, p. 284.

[20]     Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform, First Report, September 1983, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 63.

[21]     Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform, First Report, September 1983, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 63.

[22]     Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform, First Report, September 1983, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, pp. 203-204.

[23]     The Hon Kim Beazley MP, House of Representatives Hansard, Second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983, 2 November 1983, p. 2213.

[24]     Senator Peter Baume, Senate Hansard, Second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983, 30 November 1983, p. 2977.

[25]     Senator Douglas Scott, Senate Hansard, Second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983, 30 November 1983, p. 2985.

[26]     Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform, First Report, September 1983, Dissenting report, Sir John Carrick KCMG, 5 September 1983, Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, p. 224.

[27]     Mr Steele Hall MP, House of Representatives Hansard, Second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983, 10 November 1983, p. 2624.

[28]     Senator Graham Maguire, Senate Hansard, Second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983, 30 November 1983, p. 2980.

[29]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 3.

[30]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 3.

[31]    Australian Electoral Commission, Analysis of Informal Voting: House of Representatives 2010 Federal Election, Research Report Number 12, 29 March 2011, p.7.

[32]     Mr Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 19.

[33]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 4.

[34]     Mr Doug Orr, State Manager for New South Wales, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 42.

[35]     Mr Doug Orr, State Manager for New South Wales, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 42.

[36]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, pp. 5-6.

[37]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, pp. 5-6.

[38]     Parliamentary Library, 2010 Informal vote by division: Ranked by informal vote percentage, p. 1.

[39]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, pp. 6-7.

[40]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, p. 6.

[41]     Mr Abulla Agwa, SydWest Multicultural Services, Transcript, 18 April 2011, pp. 17-18.

[42]     The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, Commonwealth Parliament, Transcript, 11 May 2011, p. 8.

[43]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 4.

[44]     Mr Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 5.

[45]     See Figure 7.2.

[46]     Mr Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 5.

[47]     Senator Peter Baume, Senate Hansard, second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983,  30 November 1983, p. 2977.

[48]     Mr Steve Tully, Electoral Commissioner, Victorian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 13 April 2011, p. 17.

[49]     Parliamentary Library, Socio-economic indexes for 2009 electoral divisions: 2006 Consensus, 28 July 2010, Research paper no. 1, 2010-11, Table 1b, p. 16 and Table 4b, p. 22.

[50]     Parliamentary Library, Exhibit 3, p. 1.

[51]     Parliamentary Library, Socio-economic indexes for 2009 electoral divisions: 2006 Consensus, 28 July 2010, Research paper no. 1, 2010-11, Table 1b, p. 16 and Table 4b, p. 22; and Parliamentary Library, Exhibit 3, p. 1.

[52]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 69 to Inquiry into the conduct of the 2007 federal election, pp. 63-65.

[53]     Ms Anne Bright, State Manager for Queensland, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 43.

[54]     Mr Robert Pugsley, Manager for the Northern Territory, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 22.

[55]     Mr Robert Pugsley, Manager for the Northern Territory, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 22.

[56]     The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, Commonwealth Parliament, Submission 70.1, p. 1.

[57]     Mr Robert Pugsley, State Manager and Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 22.

[58]     Mr Nick Martin, Assistant National Secretary, Australian Labor Party, Transcript, 25 May 2011, p. 25.

[59]     Mr Antony Green, Submission 88.

[60]     Mr Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 7.

[61]     Mr Deane Crabb, Electoral Reform Society of South Australia, Submission 85, p. 3.

[62]     Mr Anthony van der Craats, Submission 64, p. 7, and FamilyVoice Australia, Submission 12, p. 7.

[63]     The Nationals, Submission 93, p. 4.

[64]     Mr Andy Becker, Submission 103, p. 3.

[65]     Mr Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 8.

[66]     Mr Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 8.

[67]     Mr Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 8.

[68]     Mr Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 18.

[69]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 17.

[70]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 3.

[71]     Dr Peter Brent, Democratic Audit of Australia, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 67.

[72]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 8.

[73]     Mr Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 18.

[74]     Electoral Commission of South Australia, Scrutineers Handbook, R018, 2010, pp. 32-33.

[75]     Electoral Commission of South Australia, Scrutineers Handbook, R018, 2010, pp. 34-35.

[76]     Electoral Act 1985 (SA), s. 63.

[77]     Electoral Act 1985 (SA), s 93(3)(c)-(d).

[78]     Electoral Act 1985 (SA), s 93(5).

[79]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 9.

[80]     Ms Kay Mousley, Electoral Commissioner, Electoral Commission of South Australia, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 2.

[81]     Mr David Gulley, Deputy Electoral Commissioner, Electoral Commission of South Australia, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 14.

[82]     Mr David Gulley, Deputy Electoral Commissioner, Electoral Commission of South Australia, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 13.

[83]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 12.

[84]     For example, see Transcript, 25 May 2011, p. 4; Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 8.

[85]     Mr Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 20.

[86]     AEC website, http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/1996/report/litigation.ht, viewed 21 June 2011.

[87]     Ms Kay Mousley, Electoral Commissioner, Electoral Commission of South Australia, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 10.

[88]     Mr Steve Tully, Electoral Commissioner, Victorian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 13 April 2011, p. 18.

[89]     Professor Dean Jaensch, Community Access to the Electoral Processes in South Australia since 1850, A Research Report presented to the South Australian State Electoral Office, 2002, p. 87.

[90]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 11.

[91]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 18.

[92]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment, pp. 18-19.

[93]     Mr Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 20.

[94]     Mr Antony Green, Exhibit 1, p. [5].

[95]     Mr Andy Becker, Submission 103, p. 2.

[96]     Mr Andy Becker, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 57.

[97]     Mr Andy Becker, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 57.

[98]     Mr Andy Becker, Submission 103, p. 2.

[99]     Ms Kay Mousley, Electoral Commissioner, Electoral Commission of South Australia, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 5.

[100]   Mr David Gulley, Deputy Electoral Commissioner, Electoral Commission of South Australia, Transcript, 30 March 2011, p. 5.

[101]   Senator Nick Xenophon, Commonwealth Senator for South Australia, Transcript, 13 April 2011, p. 37.

[102]   Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B.

[103]   Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 17.

[104]   These divisions are Banks, Barton, Blaxland, Chifley, Fowler, McMahon, Reid, Watson and Werriwa.

[105]   The divisions are Grayndler, Kingsford Smith, Lindsay, Parramatta, Rankin and Port Adelaide.

[106]   Appendix C, Table C.2

[107]   Mr Nick Martin, Assistant National Secretary, Australian Labor Party, Transcript, 25 May 2011, p. 25.

[108]   Mr Brad Henderson, Federal Director, The Nationals, Transcript, 23 March 2011, p. 16.

[109]   Mr Brian Loughnane, Federal Director, Liberal Party of Australia, Transcript, 18 April 2011, p. 46.

[110]   Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 19.

[111]   McKenzie v Commonwealth [1984] HCA 75.

[112]   McKenzie v Commonwealth [1984] HCA 75.

[113]   Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 21.

[114]   Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 21.

[115]   Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.4, Attachment B, p. 3; and Dr Peter Brent, Democratic Audit of Australia, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 67.

[116]   Mr Andy Becker, Submission 103, p. 4.

[117]   Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Report on the conduct of the 2007 federal election and matters related thereto, Commonwealth of Australia, June 2009, p. 243.

Chapter 8 Redistribution of electoral boundaries

[1]       Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 59 (3).

[2]       AEC website, http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Media_releases/2010/2-01b.htm, viewed 18 June 2011.

[3]       AEC website, http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2010/vic/announcement.htm, viewed 19 June 2011.

[4]       Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 4.

[5]       Liberal Party of Australia, Submission 94, p. 4.

[6]       The Nationals, Submission 93, p. 10.

[7]       Mr Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 4.

[8]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 13.

[9]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 13.

[10]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 15.

[11]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 15.

[12]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 16.

Chapter 9 Other issues

[1]       Section 209 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

[2]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 20.

[3]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 21.

[4]       Mr Doug Orr, State Manager for New South Wales, Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, p. 41.

[5]       Antony Green, Submission 88, p. 10.

[6]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 24.

[7]       Senator Malcolm Colston, Senate Hansard, Second reading debate on Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill 1983, 30 November 1983, p. 2987.

[8]       Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 22; and ABC website, Antony Green blog: http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2009/06/nsw-legislative.html, viewed 31 May 2011.

[9]       Mr Steve Tully, Electoral Commissioner, Victorian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 13 April 2011, pp. 16-17.

[10]     Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 16; and Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 24.

[11]     Commonwealth Electoral Act, ss. 167 and 170 (3).

[12]     Australian Electoral Commission, Candidates Handbook federal election, p. 31.

[13]     Antony Green, Transcript, 2 March 2011, p. 2.

[14]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 24.

[15]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87.5, p. 22.

[16]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, ss. 156 and 175.

[17]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 157.

[18]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 70.

[19]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 70.

[20]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 70.

[21]     See sample ballot paper for the election of Senators for New South Wales, Figure 9.1

[22]     Australian Electoral Commission, Transcript, 4 March 2011, pp. 38-39.

[23]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 75, Table 5.2.

[24]     Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 97.

[25]     AEC website, http://www.aec.gov.au/FAQs/Voting_Overseas.htm, viewed 31 May 2011.

[26]     Australian Electoral Commission, AEC Electoral Pocketbook 2010, May 2011, p. 52.

[27]     Commonwealth Electoral Act, s. 94(3).

[28]     For example, see Mr Thomas McCann, Submission 57.

[29]     For example, see Mr Ross Mair, Submission 40.

[30]     For example, see Submissions 22, 23, 28, 37, 81 and 82.

[31]     Ms Shipra Chordia, Submission 75, p. 2.

[32]     See Submissions 21, 30, and 34.

[33]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 82.

[34]     AEC website, http://results.aec.gov.au/15508/Website/SenateNominationsByState-15508.htm, viewed 22 June 2011.

[35]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 113.

[36]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 114.

[37]     Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, s. 218A.

[38]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 97.

[39]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 97.

[40]     Australian Electoral Commission, Submission 87, p. 94.

[41]     Letter from the Australian Electoral Commission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, dated 27 June 2011.

[42]     Mr Jonathan Ring, Community and Public Sector Union, Transcript 15 June 2011, p. 6.

Dissenting report – The Hon. Bronwyn Bishop MP, The Hon. Alex Somlyay MP, Senator Scott Ryan, Senator Simon Birmingham

[1] AEC Analysis of Informal Voting, 2010 Federal Election, Table 5, p. 18.

[2] Australian National Audit Office, Integrity of Medicare Enrolment Data No. 24 2004-05, p. 12.

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