FED Lower Voting Age and Expanded Enrolment Eligibility

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023

Private Member's Bill

23 Jul 2025: MPs in the first house are debating whether this bill is a good idea in principle.

Senate

House of Representatives

Assent

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elections provisional voting voter enrolment voter identification voting age

Introduced by: Senator Jordon Steele-John (GRN)

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

People can enrol to vote from age 14.
The voting age for elections and referendums drops to 16.
People who are not enrolled can cast a provisional vote on polling day; they must provide a claim for enrolment and identity evidence.
Accepted identity evidence includes a driver's licence, Australian passport, or an approved attestation signed by an enrolled person.
A provisional vote cast by someone entitled to enrolment counts as a formal claim to enrol.