Election Access Fund Bill

The closing date for submissions is Friday, 27 July 2018

The bill seeks to establish a fund, administered by the Electoral Commission, to cover accessibility-related costs associated with participation in the democratic process. The fund would be for disabled candidates to cover disability-related costs of standing in a general election, not-for-profit bodies to cover the costs of making election education events and materials accessible, and registered political parties to support the access needs of any members to allow them to participate within the party.

This bill is available online from the ‘Related links’ panel.

What do you need to know?

• Submissions are publicly released and published to the Parliament website. Only your name or organisation’s name is required on a submission. Please keep your contact details separate, as if they are included on the submission they will become publicly available when the submission is released.
• If you wish to include information of a private or personal nature in your submission you should discuss this with the clerk of the committee before submitting.
• If you wish to speak to your submission, please state this clearly.
• If you do not want to make a written submission, but still would like to speak to the committee, please contact the Committee staff.

Further guidance on making a submission can be found from the ‘How to make a submission’ link in the ‘Related documents’ panel.

If you have any questions about your submission or the submission process please contact the Committee Staff through the contact details provided on this page.