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Inquiry into the 1998 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto

The Committee tabled its report 1998 Federal Election: Report of the inquiry into the 1998 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto in both houses of Parliament on 26 June 2000. A copy of the full report is available in (PDF 543KB) or from the Committee Secretariat.

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Executive Summary (PDF 15KB)

List of submissions

List of public hearings

Transcripts of public hearings

Media releases

Government response (PDF 2428KB)

Contents of report: 1998 Federal Election

Foreword

Membership of the Committee

Terms of Reference

List of Abbreviations

List of Recommendations (PDF 25KB)

Executive Summary (PDF 15KB)

Chapter One - Introduction (PDF 28KB)

Chapter Two - Pre-election (PDF 147KB)

    Selection of AEC staff
    Other elections on polling day
    Public awareness of the election
    Enrolment
    Nomination
    Political campaigns
    Declaration voting
    Mobile polling
Chapter Three - Election day (PDF 89KB)
    Polling booths
    Voting on election day
    Fraudulent enrolment and voting
Chapter Four - After the close of polls (PDF 69KB)
    Conduct of the count
    Compulsory voting
    The full preferential voting system
    Alternative voting systems
Chapter Five - Other issues (PDF 90KB)
    Funding and disclosure
    Registration of political parties
    Section 44 of the Constitution
    Election litigation
    Redistributions
    Four year terms
    ANAO audit of the AEC
    Process of election review
Minority Reports (PDF 81KB)
    Minority Report - Senator the Hon John Faulkner, Mr Michael Danby MP & Mr Laurie Ferguson MP (ALP)
    Minority Report - Senator Andrew Bartlett and Senator Andrew Murray (Australian Democrats)
Appendices (PDF 50KB)
    Appendix A - List of Submissions
    Appendix B - List of Letters Submitted
    Appendix C - List of Exhibits
    Appendix D - List of Hearings and Witnesses

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