Step 5. Comments on objections - Tasmanian federal redistribution

Members of the public were invited to submit written comments on the objections to the proposed redistribution between 5 June and 16 June 2017.

Guidance for those commenting on objections to the proposed redistribution of Tasmania

Guidelines were available to help with your submission. Those commenting on objections were recommended to look at:

• Reasons for the Redistribution Committee's proposed redistribution
• Maps and data of the proposed Tasmanian electoral divisions
• Essential information about the Tasmanian redistribution
• Who makes the final redistribution and what factors do they consider?

Comments on objections may concern one or more proposed electoral divisions and may be about:

• one or more objections,
• names of proposed electoral divisions,
• boundaries of proposed electoral divisions, or
• the names and boundaries of proposed electoral divisions.

In developing comments on objections, members of the public were advised it may be helpful to refer to the guidance provided at Step 4.

The 8 comments on objections received are provided in full below.

Comments on objections

No.	Submitted by	Topics referred to	Divisions referred to	Objections referred to in comment
COB1	Geoff Ellis [PDF 204 KB]	Division name	Franklin
COB2	Bob Holderness-Roddam [PDF 55 KB]	Division name	Denison	OB1 OB2 OB3 OB4 OB6 OB7 OB9 OB11
COB3	Sarah Courtney MP [PDF 157 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons
COB4	Hon Michael Ferguson MP [PDF 196 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons	OB10 OB11
COB5	Senator David Bushby [PDF 159 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons	OB10 OB11
COB6	Hon Peter Gutwein MP [PDF 2.8 MB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons	OB10 OB11
COB7	John Beattie [PDF 92 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons	OB1 OB2 OB3 OB8 OB10
COB8	Liberal Party of Australia, Tasmanian Branch [PDF 190 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons	OB10 OB11