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committee's Overview

The committee tabled its report on 31 May 2000.

View:   Report No. 23, 49^th Parliament – Issues of Queensland electoral reform arising from the 1998 State election and amendments to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
View:   Government Response

On 28 October 1999, the Committee resolved to undertake an inquiry into certain issues of electoral reform. Most of these issues emanated from a memorandum from the Queensland Electoral Commissioner (‘the commissioner’) to the Queensland Attorney-General following the 1998 state election. (The memorandum was later reproduced in a letter from the commissioner to the Committee dated 25 October 1999.)

Broadly, the issues the Commissioner raises relate to proposed amendments to the Electoral Act 1992:

• resulting from the conduct of the 1998 State election;
• arising out of the recent amendments to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918—by the Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act (No 1) 1999—concerning:
  • election funding and financial disclosure;
  • electoral enrolment procedures (which will require persons seeking to enrol for the first time to produce proof of identity and citizenship and upgrade witness requirements for claims for enrolment); and
• to enhance the accuracy of the electoral roll.

As part of its inquiry, the Committee is also considering Queensland’s electoral roll keeping arrangements, including whether Queensland should keep a separate state roll and mechanisms for roll updating such as data matching and various inducements to enrol.