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Experience Australia’s federal electoral system and the power of Australia’s democracy at the National Electoral Education Centre run by the Australian Electoral Commission. Located in the heart of Canberra’s parliamentary triangle, the National Electoral Education Centre is a must-see destination for school groups as part of their civics and citizenship curriculum.

Using experiential learning to engage and inform, one of the AEC’s electoral experts will guide your school group through a 90-minute program. Explore the history of democracy and voting in Australia. Meet DemocraBot and be immersed in DemocraCity, our interactive virtual world, to learn about representation, enrolment, and voting. Students participate in their own election where they will vote, count the votes, and declare the election result, while taking on the roles of voters, ballot box guards, scrutineers and polling officials.

The AEC Electoral Education team are pleased to announce the development of ‘Teach the Vote’. A free downloadable toolkit which provides curriculum-aligned resources to support the teaching of electoral education, civics and citizenship.
Central to the package is DemocraCity – a downloadable 3D educational game that explores democracy and elections in an immersive and interactive way.
Explore ‘Teach the Vote’ and start your DemocraCity journey today!