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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Electronically Assisted Voting</name>
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        <heading>Electronically Assisted Voting</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
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          <question date="2024-04-09T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Electronically Assisted Voting</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d">The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:33):</by>  Further supplementary: has the Electoral Commission and the Electoral Commissioner made recommendations to that effect in terms of such legal changes?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Electronically Assisted Voting</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:33):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. My recollection is that, after the 2018 election, I think recommendations may have been made—whether not directly to that but to a similar effect. Legislation was put forward by the former government that overreached so tremendously that nothing ever passed. I can't remember what the current recommendations are, there are a number of them, but we will no doubt return to this parliament to improve democracy as best we can.</text>
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