It’s easy at referenda to write “YES we have NO bananas” but the green Reps ballot paper doesn’t give as much scope for anarchistic artistic or literary expression as the vast metre-long blank canvass proffered by the red Senate slate.

Here the AEC generously provides just enough white space — both above and below the line — to complete either a replica of the Bayeux Tapestry that depicts the Norman invasion of England in 1066; and/or the squiggly bit of Arabic script for the full name of the Prophet Muhammad complete with the exhortation “may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon...