Australian Electoral Commission boffins have gone on 14 international trips this year – costing taxpayers tens of thousands ...

A letter from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on March 21 rejected a Freedom of Information (FOI) application from the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) for evidence to justify the AEC’s ...

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), the body that oversees all matters related to federal elections, wrote to the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) on Monday, denying its application for official ...

Fixed-term elections are back on the table, with claims they could give public servants steadier ground to plan and deliver ...

Politicians harvesting Australians' data through opaque postal voting application letters could be a thing of the past if independents have their way. Independent MP Kate Chaney is pushing to ban ...

In a petition lodged in the High Court on Friday, AEC commissioner Ed Killesteyn said the loss of 1370 votes from WA means it is not possible to conclude which of the state's Senate candidates should ...

Voters have received a warning about sharing personal information through websites linked to postal vote applications. The AEC is urging caution, especially as some platforms are run by political ...

Members of the National Socialist Network, a group of neo-Nazis who promote deporting 'non-white' Australians, say they ...

The Australian Electoral Commission has lodged a petition with the Court of Disputed Returns seeking a new Western Australian Senate election. That petition, lodged with the High Court registry today, ...

Police will be called in to investigate 128 cases where Australians voted more than once at the 2013 federal election, with one person suspected of voting 15 times. At the high end, the Australian ...

As his race for the Queensland seat of Fairfax enters the closing phases, Mr Palmer said that despite the outcome, and a stalled Federal Court injunction, he planned to pursue legal avenues probing ...