Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I have two more questions. I heard both you and the opposition talk about how wonderful the AEC is and what high regard you hold the AEC in. The head of the AEC also supported provisional voting and said strongly that he supported provisional voting on the day. What is the problem with that? I understand there's some racism around why only Aboriginal people are being stopped from voting on the day. I've been hearing that the reason could be voter fraud—we don't want blackfellas being fraudulent towards the voting system. Why won't the government allow enrolment and voting on the day, as the head of the AEC has suggested and supported?