Election-Access-Fund-Statutory-evaluation-after-the-first-use-of-the-Fund_Final.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]
...with cross-party support in March 2020. 9. The Act’s purpose is to establish a fund designed to “remove or reduce barriers to standing as a candidate in a general election or by-election that are faced by individuals as a consequence of their disability and which non-disabled individuals do not face” (s3). 10. The Election Access Fund (the Fund)1 has a $1 million ring-fenced appropriation, which is available to be paid out by way of grant to candidates at parliamentary by-ele...