<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Labor MP who ousted former opposition leader Peter Dutton at the last federal election is being investigated over a suspected breach of electoral rules.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ali France has been reported to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) by Quensland Liberal Senator James McGrath, who accused her of enrolling to vote at a vacant block of land.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McGrath has alleged that being registered to vote at a non-primary address was against the Electoral Act. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/australia-inflation-consumer-price-index-april-2026/c0beb0c1-47a9-4624-b392-6c718427449c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Inflation cools in Australia as oil prices stabilise</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It has come to light that Ms France is currently enrolled to vote at a vacant block of land as her principal residence, which has sat empty for a significant period of time," he said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Under AEC guidelines and regulations this would suggest a clear breach of the Act and therefore should be investigated with the upmost seriousness and in a timely manner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A Labor MP being enrolled at a vacant block of land is as dodgy as they come. Simple as that." </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/labor-mp-ali-france-to-be-investigated-over-suspected-electoral-breach-over-queensland-property/0347cf82-c32b-4435-9478-1ec4f8605033" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The AEC has confirmed it received the letter and said it investigates all matters raised with it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The AEC treats the integrity of the electoral roll and the application of legislation as matters of the highest importance," an AEC spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The AEC investigates all matters raised with us to confirm that Commonwealth electoral laws have been adhered to."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-may-27-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/8a193af4-9f50-47d9-94e0-41f86bd51fdc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump's plan to withdraw units from allied countries</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>France said she had made "all the appropriate declarations including my register of members' interests".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I will of course comply completely with any request for information from the Australian Electoral Commission," she said in a short statement. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>France told the </span><em><span>Daily Mail</span></em><span> she had demolished a house on the now vacant land to build a new one "more suited to my needs as a disabled woman" to be completed by the end of the year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under the Electoral Act, voters are required to update their address if they move to a new address or risk a fine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McGrath first raised the issue at Senate estimates last night and questioned if an MP being enrolled to vote on vacant land would breach the law.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AEC Commissioner Jeff Pope said he would examine the matter if that were the person's residential address and there is no evidence of them residing there.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>France became the first person in Australian history to oust an opposition leader from their own seat when she won Dickson from Dutton last year.</span></div></div>