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Final report tabled – Inquiry into the operation of the 2024 ACT Election and the Electoral Act 1992

Yesterday the Chair of the Standing Committee on Integrity Commission and Statutory Office Holders, Mr Ed Cocks MLA, tabled the Committee’s final report for its Inquiry into the operation of the 2024 ACT Election and Electoral Act 1992.

The report follows an interim report in January 2026, and makes five recommendations relating to roadside electoral advertising, campaigning near polling places, the definition of electoral matter, and truth in political advertising laws and artificial intelligence.

‘The Committee considers that some aspects of campaigning regulation could be improved, but is pleased to see that ACT elections and its electoral system are generally robust and well-conducted, and deserving of the confidence the public has in them,’ said Mr Cocks.

The Committee thanks the ACT Electoral Commission, the Attorney-General and all submitters and witnesses for their engagement in this inquiry.

Under the Assembly’s standing orders, the Government is required to respond to committee reports within four months of tabling.

The final report is available, as is the interim report, on the Assembly’s webpage: Recent reports - ACT Legislative Assembly.

11 June 2026

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