Step 5. Comments on public objections - NT federal redistribution

Members of the public were invited to submit written comments on the objections to the proposed redistribution between 10 October and 21 October 2016.

Guidance for those commenting on objections to the proposed redistribution of the Northern Territory

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

• objections to the proposed redistribution of the Northern Territory
• The Redistribution Committee's proposed redistribution and reasons for this proposal
• Maps and data of the proposed Northern Territory electoral divisions
• Essential information about the Northern Territory 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 referred to at Step 4.

The 1 comment on objections received by the Electoral Commission is provided in full below.

Comments on objections

No.	Submitted by	Topics referred to	Divisions referred to	Objections referred to in comment
COB1	Darren McSweeney [PDF 505 KB]	Division boundaries	Lingiari and Solomon	OB1 OB2 OB4