(high court) protecting voting in elections

• The decision in this case upholds the fundamental requirement, set out in sections 7 & 24, that members of the Cwth Parliament must be “directly chosen by the people”, and that the Cwth can only restrict the right of people to vote for a “substantial reason”.
• Roach v Electoral Commissioner

  • 2006 Commonwealth Act banned all convicted and sentenced prisoners from voting in elections
• High Court held that the 2006 Commonwealth Act was inconsistent with the system of representative government, and therefore unconstitutional