The Latest Breaking News from the Australian Electoral Commission

PM says time to get ‘yes’ case rolling – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 16, 2023

Size really matters: AEC takes Craig Kelly to court over fine print on election ads

Failed UAP candidate tells federal court he had left corflute lettering to ‘professional experience’ of designers

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10, 2023

Fadden candidates to be unveiled, as LNP target seat

Liberal leader Peter Dutton is campaigning in the seat of Fadden as the Australian Electoral Commission prepares the ballot draw for the by-election.

The New Daily · Jun 23, 2023

Indigenous voice: electoral commission launches campaign to combat misinformation and confusion

The AEC says it will be ‘proactive’ online and use a variety of other media to help inform voters about the upcoming referendum

The Guardian - AU · Apr 12, 2023

Fears Indigenous Australians could be disenfranchised in voice referendum unless voting rules changed

There are calls to allow enrolment on referendum day so as not to prevent people in remote Indigenous communities from voting

The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2023

The referendum rules have been decided. What does this mean for the Voice?

On Wednesday night, the Senate passed a bill to amend Australia’s referendum machinery laws, ending a long and sometimes tense debate on the rules that will govern the Voice referendum later this year.

The Conversation · Mar 23, 2023