Senate debates

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Bills

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Provisional Voting) Bill 2011; In Committee

10:22 am

Photo of Nick XenophonNick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I was provoked by Senator Feeney to respond—serves me right for praising him in the first place! To say that these amendments are of no practical effect is not right, and I think we need to correct the record in relation to that. These amendments are of practical effect in the context of the mischief that occurred at the 2010 South Australian state election, because what occurred there is something that could occur here at a federal level. You can have someone dressed up with a Family First T-shirt, Greens T-shirt, Labor T-shirt—

Comments

No comments