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Phil Diak of the AEC said as a result, there's been a change to the application process.
"At this federal election, it will be mandatory to fill in a qualification checklist that relates to eligibility under Section 44 ... [This was] recently passed by law as compulsory," he told SBS News."Where applicable, it will require documentation to support a contention that a person has renounced or lost foreign citizenship."There are separate forms for the House of Representatives and the Senate.
"You need to include on the form at least 100 nominators, who are on the electoral roll and have signed off to that fact. It's quite an important requirement so you need to get organised to do that," Mr Diak said.The last election required a $1,000 deposit to run for the House of Representatives and a $2,000 deposit for the Senate.Australian Greens Senators react after the passing of the Medevac Bill.
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