Mr. Art O'Leary:

There are seven. A whole lot of us will be in polling stations looking at issues. After that, we will be seeking submissions from people on what went well and what did not go well. We would like to hear about the experiences of individuals. This is especially the case after we engaged recently with the National Disability Authority and heard about people who have had trouble accessing polling stations. We would like to hear about their experience too, and whether it went well or not.

The ambition here is vast, though, because it encompasses the administration of the electoral event, from the time people tried to get themselves on the electoral register and could not, to the polling card never having arrived, difficulties arising in getting a ballot paper, because of a lack of ID, or whatever the issue might be. We would like to hear about all these experiences. We can then build up a database of events as they happen and issues that need to be dealt with.

I am not sure how widespread the issue mentioned by the Senator earlier might be. This is the first time anyone has ever mentioned it to me, but it is something I will be keen to ensure is dealt with properly.