Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Finance regarding the government's planned postal plebiscite on marriage equality. The Australian Bureau of Statistics have announced that people have to be 18 by 24 August to participate in the government's postal plebiscite. By my calculations, using the ABS's own census data, this means that over 50,000 18-year-olds who turn 18 between 24 August and 7 November will not be able to vote. Can the minister confirm that this is the case?