Australian Senator Amanda Stoker has said that a proposed voter identification (ID) bill would allow for a wide range of proof of identity documentation after two Indigenous bodies described the ID requirement as unnecessary and burdensome. The Central Land Council and the Northern Land Council have both told a Senate estimates hearing that they weren’t consulted about the bill introduced into federal Parliament this week. “We find it a bit unnecessary and burdensome,” Central Land Council chief executive Lesley Turner said on Friday. “There’s a number of issues surrounding Indigenous people in Central Australia surrounding postal addressing and street names, having their licences, access to information for the Australian Electoral Commission.” He said the council knew of about 17,000 Indigenous people who were eligible to vote but weren’t enrolled because of issues regarding identification. Northern Land Council acting chief executive Joe Martin-Jard urged the government to reconsider the bill “because Aboriginal people in …