Electoral Processes

Electoral Processes / Extremely disappointing reports fail to address fundamental problems in Religious Discrimination Bill

PIAC has expressed its extreme disappointment that two Parliamentary Committees have failed to adequately address any of the fundamental problems...

4 Feb 2022

Accountable Government / Flawed: Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill

PIAC has joined with other charities and non-government organisations in criticising the Commonwealth Government’s Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and...

9 Feb 2018

Accountable Government / Submission re the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017

PIAC’s submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) raises a number of serious concerns about the Government’s...

25 Jan 2018

Accountable Government / High Court declares government’s same-sex marriage vote lawful

The High Court of Australia has confirmed that the government’s decision to hold and fund the postal vote on same-sex...

7 Sep 2017

Accountable Government / Government confident of winning High Court challenge against marriage survey

‘The Government is publicly exuding confidence about its chances of winning the High Court challenge against its same-sex marriage postal...

6 Sep 2017

Accountable Government / Postal survey on same-sex marriage 'unique and offensive', high court told

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has no authority to hold the Coalition’s “unique and offensive” postal vote on same-sex marriage,...

6 Sep 2017

Accountable Government / High court hears challenges to same-sex marriage postal survey - live

5 Sep 2017

Accountable Government / Same-sex marriage survey funded by 'executive fiat' is illegal

‘Public Interest Advocacy Centre CEO Jonathon Hunyor doesn’t usually like a media circus, but he can make an exception for...

5 Sep 2017

Accountable Government / Same-sex marriage survey: imminent High Court defeat may be for best

‘If the weight of academic opinion is correct, the government’s strategy for dealing with same-sex marriage is about to suffer...

5 Sep 2017

Accountable Government / Third time's the charm: Liberal MPs eye another try at failed plebiscite if postal vote rejected by High Court

‘Another bitter debate about same-sex marriage, a third attempt at the failed plebiscite, or even a backbench revolt could await the...

5 Sep 2017