House debates Electoral and Referendum Amendment (How-to-Vote Cards and Other Measures) Bill 2010

Consideration of Senate Message

Thursday, 24 June 2010 House of Representatives

Gary Gray

Gary Gray Brand, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Western and Northern Australia

4:41 pm

I move:

That the amendments be agreed to.

The government has introduced the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (How-to-Vote Cards and Other Measures) Bill 2010 to improve authorisation requirements so that electors know on whose behalf a how-to-vote card is being distributed. The government thanks the Senate for passing this bill with amendments. The government accepts these amendments, including government amendments to refine the definition of how-to-vote cards to ensure that it captures only those materials which express two or more preferences and does not unintentionally include material which simply encourages an elector to simply vote 1 candidate Y or vote 1 party X and opposition amendments to increase the penalties for breaches of offences in the bill to 50 penalty units. I commend the bill to the House.

Question agreed to.

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