Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the government, I am pleased to indicate that the government will be supporting Greens amendments (1), (2) and (3) on sheet 7882. These amendments change the commencement of the bill to only apply to elections with a polling day after 1 July 2016 but enables the Electoral Commission to begin preparatory work before that date if required. The government will be supporting these amendments from the Australian Greens. We understand that these amendments have been made to ensure that the Australian Electoral Commission has enough time to implement it. The measures contained in this bill are something that we support.