Inquiry into the Electoral Amendment Bill 2025 (62 of 2025)

On 18 August 2026 the House of Assembly resolved the following:

The Electoral Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 62) be referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for inquiry and report thereon.

Details of the Electoral Amendment Bill 2025 (No. 62) are available on the Bills page.

On 25 August 2026 the Committee received and noted the referral from the House of Assembly.  It was also formally resolved that the work the Committee had commenced on a former version of the Bill, the Electoral Amendment Bill 2024 (No. 25 of 2024), be transferred to the current Inquiry for consideration.

Information relating to the previous Inquiry into the 2024 Bill, including all submissions, transcripts of evidence and broadcasts can be found here.

Members

Legislative Council

Hon Mike Gaffney MLC

Hon Cassy O'Connor MLC

Hon Bec Thomas MLC

Hon Meg Webb MLC (Chair)

House of Assembly

Mr Vica Bayley MP (Deputy Chair)

Ms Ella Haddad MP

Ms Kristie Johnston MP

Mr Michael Ferguson MP

Administration

Secretary: Fiona Murphy

Ph: (03) 6212 2220

Email: electoralmatters@parliament.tas.gov.au

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