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• Electoral and Referendum Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Mar 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration portfolio 

  Summary

  New bill 01023 but have loaded it under 01022 and written this little note 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1999

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  Date

  26 Nov 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Provisional Voting) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to provide that provisional voters are not required to provide evidence of identity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Protecting Elector Participation) Bill 2012

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  Date

  15 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: allow the Electoral Commissioner to directly enrol a person if the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that the person has met certain criteria; require the person to be notified of the Electoral Commissioner’s intention to enrol them and give the elector the opportunity to object to the enrolment; allow the Electoral Commissioner to admit certain declaration votes to further scrutiny; allow the Electoral Commissioner to enrol certain persons who have cast declaration votes and who have been removed from the roll; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Prisoner Voting and Other Measures) Bill 2004

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  Date

  05 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Addresses technical problems with the

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  by amending the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to prevent prisoners who are serving a sentence of 3 years or more from enrolling to vote; and

  Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Enrolment Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2004

  to: repeal early close of rolls provisions for referenda; and clarify the commencement and cessation of name and address evidentiary requirements for enrolment and changes to enrolment details. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Pre-poll Voting and Other Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  02 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to provide that: pre-poll votes cast in an elector’s home division can be cast and counted as ordinary votes; the Australian Electoral Commission may process enrolment transactions outside the division for which the person is enrolling; and electors can update their enrolment details electronically; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to restrict the number of candidates that can be endorsed by a political party in each division. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  02 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  in relation to: publishing enrolment and election-related forms and information about places to vote; electronic certified lists of voters; mobile polling; postal voting; eligibility for early voting; and technical amendments; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  in relation to: evidence of identity for enrolment; the age of provisional enrolment; roll information provided electronically to parliamentarians; electronically copying the roll; purposes for which the roll may be used; and enrolment for people experiencing homelessness. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Maintaining Address) Bill 2011

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  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: allow the Electoral Commissioner to update an elector’s enrolled address following receipt and analysis of reliable and current data sources from outside the Electoral Commission; require an elector to be notified of the Electoral Commissioner’s intention to enrol them at a new address and give the elector the opportunity to object to the change; enable objection action to be discontinued and the elector’s enrolled address updated so that the elector is not removed from the electoral roll; standardise references to the Electoral Commissioner; provide for the Electoral Commissioner to delegate the power to seek information; and make consequential amendments; and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to prohibit the Electoral Commissioner from updating an elector’s address on a roll during the period from 8 pm on the day the rolls close to the close of voting at a referendum. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012

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  Date

  27 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: remove the prescription relating to how postal votes are processed and facilitate technological developments over time; and make technical amendments; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: increase to $1000 and $2000, respectively, the nomination deposit that must be paid by or on behalf of candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate; increase to 100 the number of electors required to nominate an unendorsed candidate; and require unendorsed Senate candidates, who have made a request to be grouped, to each be nominated by 100 unique electors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Administration) Bill 2013

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  Date

  29 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  In response to certain recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters report

  The 2010 federal election: report on the conduct of the election and related matters

  , the bill amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: provide for further fixed periods of time to be provided to the augmented Electoral Commission to complete its inquiries into objections against proposed redistribution of electoral boundaries; and not require a silent voter to re-apply to be treated as a silent voter when changing address;

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984

  to: establish procedures to be taken when a ballot-box is opened prematurely; remove the requirement for an applicant for a pre-poll ordinary vote to complete and sign a certificate; provide that pre-poll voting offences will open on the fourth day after nominations close; and provide that applications for postal votes must be received on the Wednesday three days before polling day; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to allow the Australian Taxation Office to disclose protected information to the Electoral Commissioner. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum