16 September 2008

The Chairman of the augmented Electoral Commission, The Hon James Burchett QC, today announced the next stage in the public consultation for the proposed redistribution of Western Australia’s federal electoral boundaries. 

The Redistribution Committee for Western Australia published its proposed redistribution on 1 August 2008. The period for lodging objections to the proposal ended on 29 August 2008, and the period for lodging comments on objections closed on 12 September 2008. The objections and comments on objections are available on the AEC website at www.aec.gov.au.

As part of its consideration of the objections and comments on objections received, the augmented Electoral Commission will hold public inquiries to consider submissions that people or organisations may wish to make concerning the objections made. The augmented Electoral Commission is the body which will make the final determination of the boundaries and names of the 15 electoral divisions for Western Australia.

The dates, times and locations for the public inquiries are:

Location	Date	Time	Address
Manjimup	Monday 22 September 2008	9am to 11am	Manjimup Gallery Mount Street Manjimup, WA
Perth	Monday 22 September 2008	2pm to 5pm	Court Number 3 WA Industrial Relations Commission, Level 18 111 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA

Those who wish to make oral submissions to the augmented Electoral Commission at a public inquiry should contact the Redistribution Secretariat to make the necessary arrangements. Contact details are:

Ph: 08 6363 8080
Fax: 08 6363 8019
Email: wa.redistribution@aec.gov.au

Level 3, 111 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000; or
GPO Box 9867
PERTH WA 6848.

A range of information regarding the redistribution process can be found on the AEC website at www.aec.gov.au or obtained from the AEC’s Perth office on 08 6363 8080.

Media contacts:

Colin Nagle
Western Australian State Manager
AEC Western Australia
Ph: (08) 6363 8020

Phil Diak
Director Media
AEC National Office
Ph: (02) 6271 4415