The 2004 Federal election : report of the Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto / Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters

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Report of the Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto 1
The 2004 Federal Election Report of the Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto 3
Contents 11
Membership of the Committee 19
Terms of reference 21
List of abbreviations 23
List of recommendations 27
1 Introduction 43
2 Enrolment 51
3 Voting in the pre-election period 89
4 Registration of political parties 131
5 Election day 149
6 Counting the votes 185
7 Parliamentary terms 199
8 Voluntary and compulsory voting 225
9 Voting systems 247
10 Geographical challenges in the modern age 275
11 Technology and the electoral system 289
12 Campaigning in the new millennium 315
13 Funding and disclosure 353
14 Looking to the future— education as the key to a healthy democracy 387
Minority Report—Mr Michael Danby MHR, Deputy Chair, Mr Alan Griffin MHR, Senator Kim Carr & Senator Michael Forshaw 397
Supplementary remarks—Ms Sophie Panopoulos MP 421
Supplementary remarks—Senator Andrew Murray 423
A Appendix A Submissions to the inquiry 463
B Appendix B List of Exhibits 471
C Appendix C List of Hearings and Witnesses 477
D Appendix D Summary of the Minter Ellison inquiry and the AEC’s response 483
E Appendix E Close of rolls enrolment transactions by type - States and Territories - 2004 Federal Election 497
F Appendix F Schedule 4 & 5 from the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Regulations 2000 499
G Appendix G Countries with compulsory voting 503
H Appendix H Full distribution of preferences for the Richmond Electorate 507

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Smith, Tony & Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters. 2005, The 2004 Federal election : report of the Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto [Australian Government], Canberra viewed 17 May 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2177364168

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