Step 5. Comments on objections – Australian Capital Territory federal redistribution

Updated: 18 May 2018

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

The 30 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 Kim Rubenstein Division names Bean
COB2 Prof. Peter Stanley Division names Bean
COB3 Woden Valley Community Council (WVCC) Division boundaries Bean and Canberra
COB4 Lachlan Phillips Division names Bean
COB5 Angela Brown Division names Bean
COB6 Eileen McNally Division names Bean
COB7 Weston Creek Community Council (WCCC) Division boundaries Bean and Canberra
COB8 K L Calvert Division names Bean
COB9 Jessica M Division names Bean
COB10 Mervyn Buffett and Clare McPherson Other
COB11 Penny Hardy Division names Bean
COB12 Darren McSweeney Division names and division boundaries All ACT electoral divisions OB8, OB38, OB39, OB40, OB44, OB45, OB46, OB65, OB66, OB69 and OB74
COB13 Mark Eyles Division names Bean
COB14 Mary Gilmore Division names Bean OB5, OB13 and OB49
COB15 Anne Lyons Division names Bean
COB16 Martin Bonsey Division names Bean
COB17 Greta Nielsen Division boundaries and other All ACT electoral divisions
COB18 Peter Rees Division names Bean
COB19 Lorraine Kennedy Division names Bean
COB20 Judith Avery Division names Bean
COB21 Anne Carroll OAM Division names Bean
COB22 Minders of Tuggeranong Homestead Inc. Division Names Bean
COB23 Professor Dan Howard SC Other OB44
COB24 Dr Janet Salisbury Division names Bean
COB25 Council of Italo-Australian Organisations (CIAO) Division names Bean
COB26 Brian Cox Division names Bean
COB27 ACT Labor Division names and division boundaries All ACT electoral divisions OB39 and OB74
COB28 Dr Brendan Nelson Division names Bean
COB29 Assoc. Professor Selwyn Cornish AM Division names Bean
COB30 Kerry Stokes AC Division names Bean

The views expressed in the material reproduced above are those of the individuals or organisations who lodged the objection, not the Australian Capital Territory Redistribution Committee or the AEC