Tag Archives: Australian Electoral Commission

Community groups which had done all the legwork for the postponed September 4 council elections will be reeling today because they will have to go back to the drawing board and do it all again. The elections will now be held on December 4 and the Electoral Commission has just …

The complainants say the AEC requirement for voters to provide a street number and postal address in the electoral role is voter suppression.

The complaint to the Human Rights Commission alleges that voter suppression is taking place in remote communities, with concerns the AEC is undermining the rights and power of First Nations people.

In an official complaint leveled against the Australian Electorate Commission, Matthew Ryan and Ross Mandi allege voter suppression has been taking place in remote Indigenous communities since 2012.

The Australian Electoral Commission has approved the registration of political party The New Liberals despite objections the name is too similar to the Liberal Party of Australia. The Liberal Party with its state divisions earlier this year provided the commission with a 54-page objection to the registration earlier this year,

The Liberal Party of Australia has labelled an application from the New Liberals a cynical attempt to piggyback of its brand.

Three Liberal MPs are now on medical leave after Andrew Laming's decision to resign from politics following his admission to online harassment of women. He was forced to apolo… The actions of embattled Liberal MP Andrew Laming have again come under the …

The federal seat of Indi is set to remain unchanged for the next election due next year. The Australian Electoral Commission has released its proposed changes for the latest Victorian redistribution with the state entitled to go from 38 to 39 seats in the …

An audit of the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party and candidate donations finds discrepancies and urges adoption of third-party spending caps.

The Australian Electoral Commission will receive $24.4 million to help it “streamline the voting experience” and connect staff at polling booths across the country, the government announced on Friday.