Australian Federal Election will be held on Saturday 7 September 2013

The Prime Minister has announced that the Federal Election will be held on Saturday 7 September 2013. Voters should check their enrolment status and eligibility to vote via the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website: www.aec.gov.au

The AEC has implemented an online postal vote application available at http://www.aec.gov.au/election/pva/ which is their preferred method of receiving postal vote applications including for those of us who will be overseas at the time of the election. Postal ballot material will be processed in Australia and sent to your overseas mailing address.

In-person voting will be facilitated at the Australian High Commission in Cyprus at the Alpha Business Centre, 27 Pindarou Street, Block A, 7th Floor from Monday 26 August commencing at 8:30am each morning and ending at 12:30pm each afternoon. No voting will take place on weekends.

For up to date information on enrolling and voting while overseas, please visit the AEC website www.aec.gov.au/travel or contact the AEC via e-mail [email protected] or by telephone on +61 2 6273 8606.