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

That wasn't an answer to the question. I am very concerned that, potentially, you haven't even spoken to the AEC about whether they will hold a list of organisations which are going to participate in this referendum, or whether those organisations have to register at all with the AEC. Is this something that you have spoken about to the AEC? And, if you have, what has been their response? I should put a caveat on that to say that in no way is the opposition casting aspersions on the professionalism of the AEC. We feel that the AEC does an exceptional job at federal elections. The problem is this: we are concerned that because of the way this referendum is going to be run, the AEC has one hand tied behind its back. So we want to understand what the government is doing to ensure that is not the case.