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

The government will not be supporting these amendments. This is clearly not a matter that is in any way related to the authorisation of electoral communications. The government does not support lowering the voting age. This is clearly a significant change to the electoral system. As far as I'm aware, it does not respond to a recommendation from the parliament's cross-party Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, whereas the bill currently before the Senate does respond to the joint standing committee recommendations to reform the authorisation of voter communication to increase the transparency and integrity of our elections. The government will not be supporting these amendments.