The State Government plans to invade voter’s privacy by demanding details of their age, gender and ethnicity on the electoral roll.

The move was rushed through Parliament’s Lower House late yesterday and supported by the Liberals.

I voted against the clause and said the compulsory details were nothing but an “invasion of privacy”.

Karlene Maywald of the Nationals, and other Independents, supported my stand against this move.

I can see no reason for the Government to require a voter’s personal details, unless it’s to use them to try to score votes.

These details used to be noted on the electoral roll until the 90’s, but were made optional by former Liberal Attorney General Trevor Griffin.

By once again making these personal details compulsory, the Labor and Liberal parties are set to gather private knowledge about voters in order to spam them with birthday cards and the like.

South Australians should not have to give up their privacy to help MPs win votes.