Australian Electoral Commission reports 200,000 fines issued over 2025 election no‑shows
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CANBERRA, July 30 — More than 200,000 Australians who failed to cast their mandatory votes in the 2025 general election have paid fines, according to the electoral commission,...
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The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Thursday that it has issued failure to vote notices to around 1.3 million people in relation to the 2025 election.
Of those 1.3 million, it said that 207,000 people had paid an administrative fine of A$20 (US$13.9) as of May, totalling A$4.14 million (US$2.9 million) in penalties.
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- Jul 30, 2026
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