Report
On 17 February 1987, the Joint Select Committee on Electoral
Reform tabled its report on the Operation during the 1984 General Election
of the 1983/84 Amendments to Commonwealth Electoral
Legislation.
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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 9 chapters, 5
appendices and 3 dissents.
Operation
during the 1984 General Election of the 1983/84 Amendments to
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation
Part A:
Preliminary pages up to Chapter 5 (PDF 4339KB)
Committee membership, table of contents, and list of
Recommendations
Ch1: Background to the
inquiry
Ch2: Redistribution
process
Ch3: Enrolment and role
maintenances
Ch4: Registration of
political parties and candidates
Ch5: The Electoral
process
Part B: Chapter 6 to Appendix E (end) (PDF
5803KB)
Ch 6: The polling
Ch 7: The scrutiny
Ch 8: Election funding
and financial disclosure
Ch 9: Enforcement
Dissenting report:
Senator the Hon. Sir John Carrick, the Hon. M J R MacKellar, M.P,
and Mr C W Blunt, M.P
Dissenting report:
Senator Michael Macklin
Dissenting report:
Senator Brian Harradine
Appendix A: Resolution
of appointment of the Committee
Appendix B: Submissions
received in the inquiry
Part I: Australian
Electoral Commission
Part II: Other
witnesses
Appendix C:
Witnesses who gave evidence to the inquiry
Appendix D: Regulations
to be recommended to be incorporated in the Electoral Act
Appendix E: Referrendum
Ballott Papers