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Whilst we understand the intention and we appreciate and respect the want for people to be engaged and enrolled, we still need to make sure that it does not jeopardise the election as a whole. To that end, we will not be supporting what is being proposed today in this amendment.
Question put:
That clause 7 be agreed to.
The Assembly voted—
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Ayes 7 |
Noes 6 | ||
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Ms J Burch |
Ms Orr |
Miss C Burch |
Ms Lee |
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Ms Cheyne |
Mr Pettersson |
Mr Coe |
Mr Milligan |
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Mr Gentleman |
Mr Ramsay |
Mrs Dunne | |
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Ms Le Couteur |
Mrs Kikkert | ||
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Clause 7 agreed to.
Clauses 8 and 9, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Proposed new clause 9A.
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (4.58): I seek leave to move an amendment to this bill which has not been considered by the scrutiny committee.
Leave granted.
MS LE COUTEUR: I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name [see schedule 4 at page 1578]. It inserts a new clause 9A. I table a supplementary explanatory statement to the amendment. Members, I have already told you what a wonderful amendment it is. It is the one to require that the Electoral Commissioner put up on their website information about every candidate. This is something the Greens have been banging on about for years. Kerrie Tucker had this idea of putting it up on the walls at electoral places, which I agree was possibly problematical. Now that we have modern technology and we have COVID-19 it is the time to do it. I thank members for their anticipated support.
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (4.59): I move amendment No 1 circulated in my name which amends Ms Le Couteur’s proposed new clause 9A [see schedule 5 at page 1579]. The Canberra Liberals will be supporting this amendment. We agree that it is important to keep voters informed. With the current COVID-19 restrictions it is important that online information is both accurate and accessible, given that normal face-to-face interactions will be very limited during this period.
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