BORA Electoral Amendment Bill [pdf, 288 KB]
...Removal of the current limited exception for the display of political party colours on polling day (cll 35-36), which also limits the right of political expression affirmed by s 14 of the Act; 3.3 More stringent offence provisions for failure to file returns or otherwise disclose information, which include strict liability provisions (cll 40, 42-43, 47 & 49 and new s 214J), which impose an evidential onus on the accused person and so limit the right to the presumption of innocence af...