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Dominic Giannini

'Jeered and belittled': MP slams polling booth bullying

A Labor MP witnessed an elderly voter being bullied by an election volunteer. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A disability advocate turned MP has slammed the treatment of vulnerable Australians at polling booths, accusing volunteers for some parties of acting in a hostile manner. 

Details of bullying, intimidation and standover tactics have been aired in a parliamentary inquiry into the 2025 federal election, with candidates and community volunteers repeatedly describing the hostility as the worst they had seen during a campaign.

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