Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee [Part 2], , 3:24:58 to 3:26:31
The committee discusses the status of compliance audits following the referendum and the number of outstanding election returns from organizations and individuals.
Topics: Integrity, Government spending
Speakers: Senator The Hon James McGrath, Jeff Pope, Unknown Speaker
>> Probably on notice because I've got a couple more questions I want to get in before um uh 11:00. Uh that would be good, please. Can you give an update on the referendum compliance work the AEC has been undertaking? How many audits have been completed and how many are still ongoing?
may well need to take that on notice unless someone can pull that up at their their fingertips whilst we're at the
>> I'm fine fine with that. And what happens when there is an ongoing review that the organization has ceased to exist? >> I really that's probably a hypothetical question but it's >> has happened
>> to the extent we can we would still want to complete that review and satisfy ourselves of the inquiries that we were we were pursuing
>> uh a and on notice unless you've got the information to hand how many organizations or individuals has the AEC asked to submit a return relating to the 2025 election how many ultimately submitted Um, and how many have not made a submission?
>> So, just so I'm clear, that's the election return, not the not the annual return.
>> Election return.
again, we'll take that on notice unless someone can um bring that data to my attention in the next few minutes.