For the lucky nomads who live in their van full time, could you please tell me, do you need a fixed address for your drivers licence, electoral roll etc?. I might be lucky enough to talk my better half into going on the road full time before we are too old to enjoy the huge country!!!!
Safe travels
Darmc
gumpybsc said
02:36 PM May 24, 2016
Hi Darmc
The Australian Electoral Commission have advice for full time travellers including nomads here:
For your drivers lic and rego renewals, it is compulsory to have these current. I believe all you need is to be able to furnish an address, even just a friend's address, anywhere in Australia, so that you can be contacted by a state government road authority as and when required. We haven't been in this position yet so I'm not too sure on how this works.
Cheers
Greg
RosieW said
03:36 PM May 24, 2016
AEC you can do what we do, itinerant voter. Choose to vote or not.
Licence & Rego, you need an address in the state of issue. A friend or family member will do, you can get a postal address anywhere in the country to get renewals sent. Plan a holiday in your home state to get licence photo renewal done.
BaupleNut said
05:51 PM May 24, 2016
RosieW wrote:
AEC you can do what we do, itinerant voter. Choose to vote or not.
Licence & Rego, you need an address in the state of issue. A friend or family member will do, you can get a postal address anywhere in the country to get renewals sent. Plan a holiday in your home state to get licence photo renewal done.
Sorry Rosie,but I don't understand this statement???
Have edited post, sorry Rosie I just went to the AEC site and found this,but you still must vote if registered!
-- Edited by BaupleNut on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 05:57:52 PM
-- Edited by BaupleNut on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 05:58:35 PM
rockylizard said
07:20 PM May 24, 2016
BaupleNut wrote:
RosieW wrote:
AEC you can do what we do, itinerant voter. Choose to vote or not.
Licence & Rego, you need an address in the state of issue. A friend or family member will do, you can get a postal address anywhere in the country to get renewals sent. Plan a holiday in your home state to get licence photo renewal done.
Sorry Rosie,but I don't understand this statement???
Have edited post, sorry Rosie I just went to the AEC site and found this, but you still must vote if registered!
BaupleNut - this paragraph is within the AEC website you have included above regarding 'no fixed address' -
I have been registered as an itinerant elector - of no fixed address - for the past eight years.
An itinerant can vote, if they choose, at ANY election booth in Straya (or postal or absentee vote) for the electorate they are 'registered' in - ie as an itinerant you are shown on the roll at the last permanent address you were at on the electoral roll.
If an elector registered as an itinerant (no fixed address) chooses not to vote, no fine will be applied.
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 07:21:05 PM
Darmc said
09:18 AM May 25, 2016
Thanks for your replies
Safe travels
Darmc
RosieW said
01:48 PM May 25, 2016
BaupleNut wrote:
RosieW wrote:
AEC you can do what we do, itinerant voter. Choose to vote or not.
Licence & Rego, you need an address in the state of issue. A friend or family member will do, you can get a postal address anywhere in the country to get renewals sent. Plan a holiday in your home state to get licence photo renewal done.
Sorry Rosie,but I don't understand this statement???
Have edited post, sorry Rosie I just went to the AEC site and found this,but you still must vote if registered!
It is not compulsory to enrol or vote if you are a person with no fixed address and you will not be fined. However, you can and are encouraged to enrol and vote if you wish to. Plus, I rang them the day the election (Federal) was announced to check, and we don't have to, although they prefer we did.
We're postal voting, hate lining up at polling booths.
The Australian Electoral Commission have advice for full time travellers including nomads here:
For the lucky nomads who live in their van full time, could you please tell me, do you need a fixed address for your drivers licence, electoral roll etc?. I might be lucky enough to talk my better half into going on the road full time before we are too old to enjoy the huge country!!!!
Safe travels
Darmc
Hi Darmc
The Australian Electoral Commission have advice for full time travellers including nomads here:
http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/special_category/travellers.htm
For your drivers lic and rego renewals, it is compulsory to have these current. I believe all you need is to be able to furnish an address, even just a friend's address, anywhere in Australia, so that you can be contacted by a state government road authority as and when required. We haven't been in this position yet so I'm not too sure on how this works.
Cheers
Greg
Licence & Rego, you need an address in the state of issue. A friend or family member will do, you can get a postal address anywhere in the country to get renewals sent. Plan a holiday in your home state to get licence photo renewal done.
Sorry Rosie,but I don't understand this statement???
Have edited post, sorry Rosie I just went to the AEC site and found this,but you still must vote if registered!
http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/Special_Category/Enrolment_with_no_fixed_address.htm
The Australian Electoral Commission have advice for full time travellers including nomads here:
http://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/special_category/travellers.htm
This only works if you have a permanent address!
-- Edited by BaupleNut on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 05:57:52 PM
-- Edited by BaupleNut on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 05:58:35 PM
-- Edited by rockylizard on Tuesday 24th of May 2016 07:21:05 PM
Safe travels
Darmc