Australian Indigenous Groups Push Back Over Voter ID Proposal

Australian Indigenous Groups Push Back Over Voter ID Proposal
Voters wait patiently for polling booths to open in Hobart, Australia, on May 1, 2021. Steve Bell/Getty Images
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Australian Senator Amanda Stoker has said that a proposed voter identification (ID) bill would allow for a wide range of proof of identity documentation after two Indigenous bodies described the ID requirement as unnecessary and burdensome.

The Central Land Council and the Northern Land Council have both told a Senate estimates hearing that they weren’t consulted about the bill introduced into federal Parliament this week.

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