Australian Electoral Commission
This poster is designed to help students explore the 2013 federal election. Also available are a set of complimentary activities which focus on integrated Civics and Citizenship learning within the History, Geography, Math and English streams of the Australian National Curriculum.
The Louder than One Voice poster marks the 50th Anniversary of the Indigenous right to vote at federal elections. The poster celebrates this momentous occasion; offers an historic perspective and a timeline of major events; and suggests a range of classroom activities. The online version is designed for printing in an A3 format.
Based on Bloom's Taxonomy the following activity sheets will allow your students to enhance their awareness of Australia's electoral system through:
A fact sheet with information about enrolment, candidates, voting, the National Tally Room (NTR) and the logistics of running the 2010 federal election.
Two factsheets with information about the Victorian redistribution of 2010 and the South Australian redistribution of 2011.
This collection of four fact sheets covers topics pertaining to our nations Federation. Topics include 'Referendums', 'The First Commonwealth Parliament' and 'Voting in the Federal Election 1903'. Each of the fact sheets comes with accompanying activity sheet.
Ballot paper templates are available for customising and printing with candidate numbers ranging from 3 to 10. These templates are in Word document format and are provided for educational purposes only.
Instructions for conducting a mock election are available on page 107 of our publication 'Democracy Rules'.
Template for a printable scrutiny chart for use in conducting school elections.
A national map of all federal electorates in Australia
A flowchart which outlines the process of altering the Australian Constitution.
An information sheet which explains, using maps of Australian, what conditions must be met for a referendum to pass.
