Step 4. Proposed report and public objections - NT federal redistribution

The Redistribution Committee's proposed redistribution of federal electoral divisions in the Northern Territory was released on Friday 9 September 2016.

Members of the public were invited to submit written objections to the proposed redistribution between Friday 9 September and Friday 7 October 2016.

Report of the Northern Territory Redistribution Committee

• The 2016 proposed redistribution of the Northern Territory into electoral divisions
• Maps and data of the proposed Northern Territory electoral divisions

Guidance for those objecting to the proposed redistribution of the Northern Territory

Guidelines were available to help with your submission. Those making submissions were recommended to look at:

• Reasons for the Redistribution Committee's proposed redistribution
• 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?

Objections may concern one or more proposed electoral divisions and may be about:

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

In developing an objection about the names of proposed electoral divisions, members of the public were advised it may be helpful to consider:

• Guidelines for naming divisions
• derivation of the names of existing electoral divisions
• origins of the names for electoral divisions which are no longer in use

In developing an objection about the boundaries of a proposed electoral division, members of the public were advised it may be helpful to consider:

• Current enrolment quota
• Maps and data of the proposed Northern Territory electoral divisions
• Enrolment projections

The 4 objections received by the Electoral Commission are provided in full below.

Objections

No.	Submitted by	Topics referred to	Divisions referred to
OB1	Lorraine Gardner [PDF 194 KB]	Division boundaries	Lingiari and Solomon
OB2	Jeff Waddell [PDF 403 KB]	Division boundaries	Lingiari and Solomon
OB3	Darren McSweeney [PDF 401 KB]	Division boundaries	Lingiari and Solomon
OB4	Australian Labor Party NT Branch [PDF 1.1 MB]	Division names and division boundaries	Lingiari and Solomon