THE recent federal election was the nation’s largest to date, with a huge amount of waste produced by traditional voting processes.
According to the Australian Election Commission, this election amassed 250,000 pencils, 240,000 vests, 80,000 ballot boxes and 5000 rolls of tamper-proof tape to stock some 7000 polling places for the 2025 federal election.
This has prompted RMIT experts to explor...