State election

• Lawyers call on election candidates to commit to justice and integrity

  8th Mar 2024

  The upcoming state election presents a real opportunity for all sides of politics to commit to a fairer and more just Tasmania, the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said today.

• Blind and vision-impaired voters in NSW affected by decommissioning of iVote

  1st Dec 2022

  iVote enabled blind and vision-impaired people to cast an anonymous, independent vote for the first time, when it was introduced in 2011, through screen reader software that ‘speaks’ the text. But the internet-voting system crashed under the weight of demand in 2021, and three council elections had to be voided by the courts. The NSW Electoral Commissioner has dropped iVote for the March 2023 state election, explaining that the software is being phased out and there isn't time to set up and test a new version. The impact on blind and vision-impaired citizens is inordinate. Nick Burton expresses concern.

• The Queensland state election and personal injury entitlements

  9th Nov 2017

  Michelle Wright investigates the impact the Queensland election may have on the rights of injured people to seek compensation.