Australia’s largest ever federal election kicks off

“There are more voters on the electoral roll than ever before, there’ll be more voting venues than ever – both within Australia and overseas, there’ll be greater accessibility options than we’ve ever had, and we again need around 100,000 staff to deliver it,” Mr Pope said.

Key statistics:

• 710,000 more people on the electoral roll (2022 federal election – end 2024)
• 570 early voting centres
• 7,000 polling places
• 100+ overseas voting centres
• 100,000 staff needed, 240,000 vests
• 250,000 pencils, 250,000 lengths of string
• 40,000 transport routes, 90,000 transport containers, 5,000 rolls of tamper proof tape
• 80,000 ballot boxes, 1.4 millions security seals

“We’re ready to go. You also need to be ready as well – check your enrolment now and please consider putting up your hand for paid election work. aec.gov.au allows you to do those things in just minutes.”