Name: Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters - Perth, WA
Uploaded: 2026-09-24T01:15:00+00:00
Duration: 18900 s

Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters - Perth, WA

24 September 2026

Contents updated on 24 Sept 2026

The chair and AEC officials set the hearing’s focus on Indigenous participation and remote polling, outlining the IEPP’s structure, partnerships and community outreach, explaining constraints from the two‑week early voting period, and addressing concerns about declining turnout in remote areas. They describe cultural safety measures, alias names on the roll, and defend the remote polling model and timing compared with the referendum while highlighting challenges from unfixed election dates and limited ability to return to missed communities.

Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters Thu, 24 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

15:27 - 16:01

Speaker 1

I open this public hearing of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for the inquiry into the 2025 federal election.

In accordance with the committee's resolution on the 4th of August 2025, this hearing will be broadcast on the Parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the Parliament's website. I remind members of the media who may be present or listening on the web of the need to fairly and accurately report the proceedings of this committee. I now welcome the representatives of the Australian Electoral Commission to give evidence today. For the Hansard record, would you please state your full names and the capacity in which you appear before the committee?

16:01 - 16:06

Speaker 8

Thank you, Chair. Kath Gleeson, Acting Electoral Commissioner.

16:06 - 16:10

Speaker 7

And Andrew Johnson, Chief Legal Officer.

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