Senate debates

Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Bills

Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022; In Committee

6:04 pm

Photo of Jane HumeJane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Just to follow up on that: if an instance of foreign interference occurs or foreign interference activity becomes an issue in a campaign for a referendum, there won't be any official 'yes' organisation or 'no' organisation for intelligence and security agencies to contact about that. In contrast, there are registered political parties at elections, which have officials and structures that can respond to those sorts of events. So, in this referendum, who will the agencies contact to make the 'yes' or 'no' cases aware of any of these issues?

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