Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020

Summary

Amends the: Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to: clarify the interaction between federal, state and territory electoral funding and disclosure regimes following the High Court decision in Spence v Queensland [2019] HCA 15; make technical amendments in relation to entity registration and public election funding rules; and allow a senior Australian Electoral Commission staff member rather than a senior Divisional Returning Officer to be on the Redistribution Committee for the Australian Capital Territory; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 to amend various aspects of voting and scrutiny processes; and Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 to extend the electronically assisted voting method to Australians working in Antarctica.

Progress

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	11 Jun 2020
Second reading moved	11 Jun 2020
Second reading debate	02 Sep 2020
Second reading agreed to	02 Sep 2020
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 8 Government and 3 Opposition agreed to	02 Sep 2020
Committee of the Whole debate	03 Sep 2020
Third reading agreed to	03 Sep 2020

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	06 Oct 2020
Second reading moved	29 Oct 2020
Second reading debate	29 Oct 2020
Second reading agreed to	29 Oct 2020
Consideration in detail debate	29 Oct 2020
Third reading agreed to	29 Oct 2020


Finally passed both Houses	29 Oct 2020
Assent Act no: 95 Year: 2020	10 Nov 2020

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Third reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Revised explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Non-Government
STEGGALL, Zali, MP

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 1038]
WATERS, Sen Larissa

Australian Greens [sheet 1003]
WATERS, Sen Larissa

Australian Greens [sheet 1002]
WATERS, Sen Larissa

Government [sheet UV130]

Jacqui Lambie Network [sheet 8985 revised]
LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui

Jacqui Lambie Network [sheet 8976]
LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui

Opposition [sheet 1037]
FARRELL, Sen Don

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (17/06/2020): Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters; Committee report (25/08/2020); Corrigendum (02/09/2020)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.