Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

set out the facts relied on to invalidate the election or return;

subject to subsection 358(2), set out those facts with sufficient particularity to identify the specific matter or matters on which the petitioner relies as justifying the grant of relief;

contain a prayer asking for the relief the petitioner claims to be entitled to;

be signed by a candidate at the election in dispute or by a person who was qualified to vote thereat, or, in the case of the choice or the appointment of a person to hold the place of a Senator under section 15 of the Constitution or section 44 of this Act, by a person qualified to vote at Senate elections in the relevant State or Territory at the date of the choice or appointment;

be attested by 2 witnesses whose occupations and addresses are stated;

be filed in the Registry of the High Court within 40 days after:

if the polling day for the election in dispute is not the polling day for any other election—the return of the writ for the election; or

if the polling day for the election in dispute is also the polling day for another election or other elections—the return of whichever of the writs for the election in dispute and that other election or those other elections is returned last; or

if the choice or the appointment of a person to hold the place of a Senator under section 15 of the Constitution is in dispute—the notification of that choice or appointment.