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Australian Electoral Commission
The AEC has today invited members of the public to submit written suggestions about the redistribution of federal electoral divisions in New South Wales.
Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said that public suggestions – and other public input periods - are an important part of the redistribution process, and people can propose division names and/or boundaries.
“The independent Redistribution Committee will consider existing boundaries, however the recent entitlement determination confirmed New South Wales seats in the House of Representatives is decreasing from 47 to 46, and this will require most of the state’s federal divisions to be altered to some degree.” Mr Rogers said.
“Carrying out regular reviews of federal divisions is essential to the maintenance of our fair, open and internationally admired Australian electoral system.”
It’s important to note that the members of the House of Representatives elected at the 2022 federal election, and in federal by-elections since that time, will continue to represent their respective electoral divisions until the next federal election.
The redistribution of electoral divisions will also have no impact on the conduct of the 2023 referendum.
Suggestions may refer to the names of electoral divisions, which division should be abolished, divisional boundaries, or a combination of all of these elements.
Suggestions must be received by the Redistribution Committee by 6pm AEDT on Friday 27 October 2023.
The Redistribution Committee will continue its consultation process by making all suggestions received available for public inspection from Monday 30 October 2023. The public will then have until 6pm AEDT on Friday 10 November 2023 to lodge written comments on the suggestions.
The Redistribution Committee will then review all ideas, suggestions, and comments, and release the proposed division names and boundaries in early to mid 2024.
AECTV video: redistribution process
AECTV video: Entitlement determination
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