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- Title
- Prisoners and the vote
- Author(s)
- Barclay, Paul; Clark, Sue; Costar, Brian
- Abstract
- Next week in Canberra the High Court will hear argument in the case of Roach vs Australian Electoral Commissioner. The plaintiff, who is an inmate of a Victorian Correctional Centre and not eligible for parole before August 2008, is seeking to constitutionally invalidate a section of the Commonwealth Electoral Act.
- Publication type
- Radio broadcast
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Institute for Social Research
- Source
- 'Perspective', presented by Paul Barclay and Sue Clark, 04 June 2007
- Publication year
- 2007
- Keyword(s)
- Australia; Democracy; Elections; Political rights; Voting registers
- Publisher
- ABC Radio National
- Publisher URL
- http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/stories/2007/1941917.htm
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Podcast and transcript reproduced with the kind permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
- Additional information
- Podcast and transcript of an interview that aired on the ABC Radio National program 'Perspective' on 04 June 2007. Produced by Sue Clark.
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