National Electoral Education Centre

Experience Australia’s federal electoral system at the National Electoral Education Centre (NEEC), where our electoral experts bring democracy to life through interactive activities, real world scenarios, and immersive learning experiences.

Run by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and located at Old Parliament House, the NEEC delivers three electoral education programs which are aligned to the Australian Curriculum.Book one of our cornerstone education sessions, facilitated by our expert team of electoral educators

House of Representatives – Our most popular program! Explore the key concepts of enrolment and voting, and investigate how people are elected to the House of

Representatives (suitable for all Students).

Referendum – Discover Australia’s founding legal document, and investigate how the people of Australia can change the Constitution through a Referendum (suitable for all Students).

Eligible Elector – explore representation and voting for the House of Representatives and the Senate, and learn how to enrol and vote suitable for Senior Secondary Students).

Students will:

• Explore the history of democracy and voting in Australia.
• Be immersed in DemocraCity, our interactive education game, to learn about representation, enrolment and voting.
• Participate in their own election in a dedicated polling place where they will vote, count ballots and declare an election result, while taking on the roles of voter, ballot box guard,scrutineer and polling official.

The AEC's Teach the Vote toolkit is an online resource to help schools deliver electoral education.

The toolkit has 4 key resources:

• AEC’s Teacher Professional Learning.
• Democracy Rules.
• DemocraCity.
• Get Voting.

Can’t make it to Canberra?

The AEC makes available a range of free educational resources for Teachers and Students – including materials for conducting school elections and accredited professional learning resources for Teachers – on the AEC for Schools website.