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Home Parliamentary Business Committees Joint Committees Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 Advisory report on the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 Terms of reference

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On 1 December 2022 the House of Representatives referred the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 to the Committee for inquiry and report by 10 February 2023.

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      • Corporations and Financial Services
      • Defence
      • Electoral Matters
        • Completed inquiries and reports
        • Committee Membership
        • Media Releases
        • Resolution of Appointment
        • Role of the Committee
      • Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
      • Human Rights
      • Implementation of the National Redress Scheme (Standing)
      • Intelligence and Security
      • Law Enforcement
      • Migration
      • National Anti-Corruption Commission
      • National Capital and External Territories
      • National Disability Insurance Scheme
      • Northern Australia
      • Parliamentary Library
      • Parliamentary Standards
      • Public Accounts and Audit
      • Public Works
      • Publications
      • Trade and Investment Growth
      • Treaties
      • Former Joint Committees
      • Recent Joint Committee Reports
      • Lapsed Joint Inquiries
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    • Upcoming Public Hearings
  • Statistics
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About this inquiry

This Bill seeks to amend the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 to ensure that it is consistent with modernising changes made to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

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Past Public Hearings

09 Jan 2023: Canberra
19 Dec 2022: Canberra

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