Bendigo Advertiser  |  Ben Silvester |  Wednesday 5th June 2024

Quotes from Bill Lang, Executive Director at Small Business Australia

“This is scandalous and has the potential to alter the results of council elections across the state.”

“[The government] should return to the way it’s worked in the past. It’s simpler, it’s fairer and it’s much lower costs for everybody involved,”

“This is scandalous and has the potential to alter the results of council elections across the state, and poses the question of who stands to benefit from excluding business and property owners from the ballot.”

“When those who are responsible for ensuring your right to vote is protected have no idea how to do that, then what hope does the voter have in having their democratic right to vote protected,”