Redistribution of Federal Electoral Boundaries in Victoria. Public Inquiries.

24 September 2010

The Chairman of the augmented Electoral Commission, the Hon. Peter Heerey QC, today announced the next stage in the public consultation process for the proposed redistribution of Victoria's 37 federal electoral boundaries.

The Redistribution Committee for Victoria published its proposed redistribution on 30 July 2010. In response, 129 public objections and 40 comments on objections were submitted for consideration. These submissions are available for viewing on this website.

Interested individuals and organisations are now invited to personally address a public inquiry about the objections and comments on objections. The inquiry is being held by the augmented Electoral Commission for Victoria.

The augmented Electoral Commission is the body which will make the final determination of the boundaries and names of the electoral divisions. It comprises the Chairperson of the Australian Electoral Commission (the Hon. Peter Heerey QC), the Electoral Commissioner (Mr Ed Killesteyn), the Australian Statistician (Mr Brian Pink), the Australian Electoral Officer for Victoria (Mrs Jenni McMullan), the Surveyor-General of Victoria (Mr John Tulloch) and the Auditor-General of Victoria (Mr Des Pearson).

The dates, times and locations are:

• Shepparton – Thursday 14 October 2010. (Commencing at 1pm.)
  Country Comfort Parklake
  481 Wyndham Street
  Shepparton, Victoria.
• Melbourne – Friday 15 October 2010. (Commencing at 9am.)
  Royal Australasian College of Surgeons building
  250-290 Spring Street
  Melbourne, Victoria.

Those who wish to make oral submissions to the augmented Electoral Commission at the public inquiry in Melbourne or Shepparton should contact the Redistribution Secretariat to make the necessary arrangements.

Contact details for the Redistribution Secretariat are:

Victorian Redistribution Secretariat:
Ph: 03 9285 7177.
Email: vicredistribution@aec.gov.au.
Postal address: GPO Box 9867, Melbourne, Victoria, 8060.

Information about the redistribution process, including the 2010 Proposed Redistribution of Victoria into Electoral Divisions report, the objections and the comments on objections, is available on this website (Victorian Redistribution 2010) or from the Redistribution Secretariat.

Media contacts:
Mrs Jenni McMullan
State Manager, AEC, Victoria
03 9285 7100

Mr Phil Diak
Director, Media and Public Awareness
02 62714415
0413 452 539