the costs of Morrison's voter ID plan outweighed any benefit
- Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
The Morrison government has shelved its plan to make Australians produce identification before casting their vote. Yesterday it withdrew the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 it had hoped to pass in time for the 2022 election.
The reason is political. The announcement came hours after Tasmanian independent senator Jacqui...