Senate debates Bills

Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; In Committee


Mathias Cormann

Mathias Cormann WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance

9:46 am

The government opposes these amendments. These amendments stipulate that, in the event of a double dissolution election, voters must number 30 boxes below the line, if there are more than 30 candidates for a state or at least 12 for a territory. These are inconsistent with amendments to below-the-line voting that the Senate has already passed, and as such the government does not support them at all.

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