Step 5. Comments on objections – Victorian federal redistribution

Members of the public were invited to submit written comments on the objections to the proposed redistribution.

The 100 comments on objections received by the Electoral Commission are provided in full below.

Comments on objections

No.	Submitted by	Topics referred to	Divisions referred to	Objections referred to
COB1	Fez Riches	Division boundaries	Calwell and McEwen
COB2	GetUp! Batman Action Group (GUBAG)	Division names	Batman
COB3	Cr Roz Blades AM	Division boundaries	Bruce and Isaacs
COB4	Ned O. Strange	Other		OB412
COB5	Martin Gordon	Division names, division boundaries and other	Ballarat, Batman, Calwell, Corio, Cox, Dunkley, Flinders, Fraser, Gellibrand, Jagajaga, Macnamara, Mallee, McEwen, Menzies, Monash, Nicholls, Scullin, and Wannon	OB56, OB92, OB170, OB174, OB200, OB217, OB228, OB251, OB255, OB274, OB297, OB329, OB354, OB369, OB405, OB408 and OB412
COB6	Darren McSweeney	Division names and division boundaries and other	Aston, Batman, Bendigo, Bruce, Calwell, Cox, Dunkley, Flinders, Fraser, Holt, Hotham, Isaacs, La Trobe, Macnamara, Mallee, Maribyrnong, McEwen, Melbourne, Menzies, Monash, Nicholls, Wannon and Wills	OB127 and OB299
COB7	Liza Vanspall	Division names	Cox
COB8	Benjamin Middleton	Division names and division boundaries	Corio, Cox and Wannon
COB9	Ross Garner	Division names	Monash	OB12, OB19, OB24, OB44, OB45, OB47, OB51, OB83, OB127, OB133, OB135, OB139, OB147, OB162, OB171, OB191, OB219, OB247, OB273, OB276, OB277, OB343, OB361 and OB384
COB10	Barry Taylor	Division boundaries	Maribyrnong and Melbourne
COB11	Stephen Koci	Division names	Monash	OB124
COB12	Guy Anderson	Division names	Cox
COB13	Christopher J Harkin	Division boundaries	Cox and Wannon	OB349
COB14	Rose Iser	Division boundaries	Maribyrnong and Melbourne	OB306
COB15	Janet Wilson	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB16	Lisa Wilson	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB17	George Richards	Division names	Monash
COB18	Charlotte Wilson	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB19	David Mitchell	Division names	Monash
COB20	Graeme Dobson	Division boundaries	Batman, Calwell, Maribyrnong, Melbourne and Wills	OB76
COB21	Committee for Drouin	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB22	Cr Geoff Ellis	Division names and division boundaries	Hotham and Monash
COB23	John Patsikatheodorou	Division boundaries	Calwell
COB24	Ray Gorman	Division boundaries	Calwell and Fraser
COB25	Sarah Lean-Jones	Division boundaries	Dunkley and Flinders
COB26	Lynne Orchard	Division names	Monash
COB27	Doug Bishop	Division boundaries	Calwell, Gorton, Jagajaga, Scullin and McEwen	OB223, OB229, OB250, OB251, OB322 and OB358
COB28	Paul M Davine	Division names	Monash
COB29	Cr Colin Hampton	Division boundaries	Dunkley
COB30	Merran Samuel	Division names	Macnamara
COB31	Frankston & District Basketball Association (FDBA)	Division boundaries	Dunkley
COB32	Alan Strangwick	Division boundaries	Calwell and McEwen	OB68, OB92, OB118, OB132 and OB170
COB33	Matthew Alexander	Division names	Monash	OB127, OB219 and OB361
COB34	Mark Mackenzie	Division boundaries	Calwell and McEwen	OB107, OB185, OB198 and OB208
COB35	James Bogle	Division names	Macnamara
COB36	Rosemary and Donald Blackley	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB37	Cr Jim Memeti	Division boundaries	Bruce and Isaacs
COB38	Dr Mark Mulcair	Division boundaries	Aston, Ballarat, Batman, Bendigo, Bruce, Calwell, Casey, Chisholm, Corio, Cox, Deakin, Dunkley, Flinders, Fraser, Gellibrand, Gorton, Higgins, Holt, Hotham, Isaacs, Jagajaga, Kooyong, La Trobe, Lalor, Macnamara, Mallee, Maribyrnong, McEwen, Melbourne, Menzies, Monash, Nicholls, Scullin, Wannon and Wills	OB92, OB118, OB213, OB306, OB310, OB354, OB369, OB408, and OB412
COB39	Jeff Waddell	Division names and division boundaries	Ballarat, Batman, Bendigo, Cox, Flinders, Macnamara, Mallee, Maribyrnong, McEwen, Melbourne, Nicholls, Scullin and Wannon	OB92 and OB222
COB40	Dr Colin Benjamin OAM FAICD MAASW	Division names and division boundaries	Corio, Cox and Wannon	OB101
COB41	Andrew Norman	Division boundaries	Bruce, Hotham and Isaacs	OB172
COB42	Gowanbrae Residents Group	Division boundaries	Calwell, Maribyrnong, Wills	OB268 and OB299
COB43	Anne Heath Mennell	Division names	Hotham and Monash	OB124 and OB127
COB44	Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Bunurong Land Council and Bass Coast South Gippsland Reconciliation Group	Division names	Monash
COB45	Colin McLaren	Division boundaries	Gellibrand and Lalor	OB35, OB37, OB175, OB178, OB181, OB183, OB190 and OB204
COB46	Dr Mary Elizabeth Calwell	Division boundaries	Maribyrnong and Melbourne	OB306
COB47	Julian Hill MP	Division boundaries	Bruce	OB354
COB48	Neville Stanley	Division names and division boundaries	Corio, Cox and Wannon	OB354
COB49	Mark Dreyfus QC MP	Division boundaries	Bruce, Dunkley, Isaacs and Hotham
COB50	Spiro Pastras	Division boundaries	Calwell and McEwen	OB68, OB92, OB107, OB118, OB132, OB185, OB223, OB251, OB208, OB223, OB354, OB369 and OB412
COB51	Elly Bratasiuk	Division boundaries	Calwell and McEwen	OB107, OB132, OB170, OB185, OB198, OB208, OB223, OB229, OB251, OB322 and OB412
COB52	Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) McEwen Federal Electorate Conference	Division boundaries	Calwell, McEwen and Scullin	OB132 and OB412
COB53	Australian Greens Victoria	Division boundaries	Bruce, Chisholm, Fraser, Goldstein, Gorton, Hotham, Higgins, Kooyong, Maribyrnong, Melbourne and Wills	OB412
COB54	Sarah Voogels	Division names	Cox	OB126
COB55	Bella Joe	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB56	Joel Gibson	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB57	Maya Chen	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB58	John Everett	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB59	Jane Rees	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB60	Ed Harry	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB61	Robert James	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB62	Kristy Robinson	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB63	Casey Downey	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB64	Renee McIvor	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB65	Lee Phillips	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB66	Amy Yates	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB67	Jenny Hayes	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB68	Martin Higgins	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB69	Terry White	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB70	Abby Smith	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB71	Angela Giliam	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB72	Tina Wilkins	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB73	Rose Anthony	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB74	Jennifer Holmes	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB75	Edward Frances	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB76	Nash Ryan	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB77	Victoria Analese	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB78	John Lovett	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB79	Darren Whittaker	Division names	Monash	OB289
COB80	Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)	Division boundaries and other	Ballarat, Casey, Corio, Cox and Wannon	OB100, OB239, OB329, OB349, OB357 and OB412
COB81	Colac Otway Shire	Division boundaries	Corio, Cox and Wannon	OB329 and OB349
COB82	Adam Bandt MP	Division boundaries	Calwell, Fraser, Gellibrand, Gorton, Maribyrnong, McEwen, Melbourne, Scullin and Wills	OB32, OB72, OB76, OB95, OB130, OB143, OB148, OB149, OB150, OB176, OB192, OB196, OB209, OB221, OB224, OB234, OB235, OB237, OB241, OB243, OB249, OB257, OB260, OB271, OB279, OB293, OB302, OB304, OB305, OB309, OB310, OB325, OB328, OB358, OB381, OB395, OB397, OB400, OB401, OB403, OB410, OB412 and OB413
COB83	Golden Plains Rural Women's Network	Division boundaries	Cox and Wannon	OB68, OB69, OB91, OB92, OB105, OB109, OB118, OB145, OB146, OB159, OB184, OB202, OB207, OB233, OB254, OB261, OB262, OB272, OB292, OB294, OB315, OB329, OB332, OB349, OB354, OB359, OB360, OB369 and OB412
COB84	Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)	Division boundaries	Aston, Ballarat, Batman, Bendigo, Bruce, Calwell, Corio, Cox, Dunkley, Flinders, Fraser, Gellibrand, Gorton, Holt, Hotham, Indi, Isaacs, La Trobe, Lalor, Mallee, Maribyrnong, McEwen, Melbourne, Menzies, Nicholls, Wannon and Wills	OB16, OB31, OB46, OB48, OB118, OB132, OB157, OB251, OB306, OB310, OB354, OB358, OB369 and OB412
COB85	Gavin Ryan	Division boundaries	Cox and Wannon	OB228, OB329 and OB349
COB86	Lloyd Fletcher	Division boundaries	Cox and Wannon	OB228, OB329 and OB349
COB87	Blanche Horgan	Division names	Batman
COB88	Richard Taylor	Division boundaries	Higgins and Macnamara	OB87, OB98, OB118, OB298 and OB408
COB89	Golden Plains Shire Council	Division boundaries	Ballarat, Cox and Wannon	OB329 and OB369
COB90	Libby Mears	Division names and division boundaries	Corio, Cox and Wannon
COB91	Marie James	Division boundaries	Corio, Cox and Wannon	OB329
COB92	Professor Kate Auty	Division boundaries	Indi and Nicholls	OB78
COB93	Colac Football Netball Club	Division names and division boundaries	Cox and Wannon
COB94	Margarett Clarke	Division names	Monash
COB95	Charles Brydon	Division boundaries	Indi and Nicholls	OB78 and OB369
COB96	Andrew Gunter	Division boundaries	Batman, Kooyong, Macnamara, Maribyrnong, Melbourne and Wills	OB358
COB97	Kate Blenheim	Division boundaries	Goldstein, Higgins, Macnamara and Melbourne	OB28, OB87, OB98, OB118 and OB408
COB98	Anne Egan	Division boundaries	Cox and Wannon
COB99	Charles Richardson	Division boundaries	Ballarat, Batman, Bendigo, Calwell, Casey, Cox, Deakin, Dunkley, Flinders, Fraser, Gorton, Jagajaga, Mallee, Maribyrnong, McEwen, Melbourne, Menzies, Nicholls, Scullin, Wannon and Wills	OB118, OB250, OB259, OB263, OB268, OB299 and OB358
COB100	William Cooper's Legacy Project	Division names	Gellibrand