Australian Federal Election 2025
Voting in the 3 May 2025 Federal Election
The Australian Federal Election has been announced for Saturday 3 May 2025. If you’re an Australian citizen overseas on the day of the election, you can still have your say by voting at on overseas voting centre or by postal vote.
In-Person Voting
In French Polynesia you will be able to vote in-person at the Australian Consulate-General in Papeete according to the schedule below:
Australian Consulate-General in Papeete
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Monday - 28 April 2025 |
09:00 – 13:00 |
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Tuesday – 29 April 2025 |
09:00 – 13:00 |
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Wednesday - 30 April 2025 |
09:00 – 13:00 |
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Thursday – 1 May 2025 |
09:00 – 13:00 |
How to find us and what to expect when you visit
- Australian Consulate-General in Papeete – Google Maps
Second Floor, CCISM building
41 Rue du Dr Cassiau
Papeete 98713
Tahiti, French Polynesia
You must show valid photo ID (passport, driver licence or residency card) on arrival at the Consulate. ID is not required to cast your vote.
The Australian-Consulate General is located on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Professional Services (CCISM) Building. Please note there is no lift access to the Consulate.
Postal Voting
If you are overseas and are unable to vote in-person, you can visit the AEC website to apply for a postal vote.
Postal vote packs will be sent to you by international courier from Australia commencing three weeks before polling day. The latest date to request an overseas postal vote from the AEC is 6pm, Wednesday 30 April 2025. Please note this may be too late for your postal vote to reach you and you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. If you provided an email address or phone number when applying for a postal vote, you will receive an automatic notification when it is dispatched.
If you did not provide an email address or phone number and your postal vote does not arrive within 10 days from the date you submitted your application, call the AEC on +61 2 6160 2600.
In French Polynesia you can mail your completed postal vote to the Australian Consulate-General, Papeete:
Australian Consulate-General
Passports and Consular Section (Election)
PO Box 1841
Papeete 98713
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Or you can drop it off in person to the Australian Consulate-General no later than 13:00 Thursday 1 May 2025. You can also return your postal vote directly to the AEC in Australia. The cost to return your postal vote by courier or mail to the Australian Consulate-General in Papeete or to the AEC in Australia is your responsibility.
For your postal vote to be counted it must be completed before 6pm AWST Saturday 3 May 2025 (9pm AEST / final close of the polls in Australia) and received by the AEC in Australia by 6pm Friday 16 May 2025 AEST.
Further information
You must be enrolled to vote. You can enrol, update your details or check your details on the AEC website no later than Monday 7 April 2025, 8pm AEST.
If you can't vote because you are overseas, you need to advise the AEC by completing an Overseas Notification Form.
Find additional information on the election and voting from the AEC website and Smartraveller.
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1 February 2022
France, Australia and New Zealand reiterate their solidarity with the Kingdom of Tonga, which has been hit hard following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022. In response to the scale of the disaster, the three countries immediately activated the FRANZ mechanism, currently chaired by France, which enables them to coordinate their emergency action in the event of a natural disaster in the South Pacific.
The government and people of Tonga have rallied in the face of these twin natural disasters. They have done much to respond in challenging circumstances. In response to the needs expressed by the Government of Tonga, the FRANZ partners swiftly deployed maritime and air assets to support the Tongan response, deploying reconnaissance flights and delivering emergency assistance by air and sea. The emergency assistance has included drinking water, food, emergency shelters, electricity generation and desalination equipment, telecommunications equipment, medical equipment and hygiene kits, as well as technology for underwater and hydrographic assessment of port accessibility.
This solidarity is being deployed at the request of the Tongan authorities and in liaison with the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) of Tonga, which is leading the response on the ground. Assistance is being delivered in compliance with COVID-19 restrictions applicable in Tonga, involving contactless unloading of relief supplies.
France, Australia and New Zealand are coordinating their efforts to assist Tonga along with other regional and international partners and organisations. We support intra-regional coordination as an effective way to build the resilience of our Pacific partners.
Against a backdrop of increasingly intense natural disasters due to climate change, France, Australia and New Zealand are determined to continue consolidating the FRANZ mechanism so as to be able to respond swiftly, effectively and in coordination with affected countries. In doing so, they will continue to support local leadership in crisis management.
Source: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (in English) and France Diplomatie (in French).
Australian Consulate-General Papeete
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