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

The answer to the first question is no. What the government is doing is working very hard to keep faith with the commitment we made to the Australian people, and we believe that this is a pathway forward for the whole Australian community to resolve this issue on a more permanent basis. We would call on all Australians to embrace this opportunity, in that spirit, to participate, and for those who are not enrolled to enrol. We would call on those whose circumstances have changed to update their enrolment details. The deadline for that is 24 August. I say again today what I said yesterday: I encourage all Australians to participate and vote with their conscience and those who are campaigning to campaign with courtesy and respect. I believe that Australians will judge harshly those who make unacceptable, inappropriate comments as part of this exercise.