New political parties wishing to register for the 20 October 2012 ACT election must lodge their applications before 1 July 2012, the ACT Electoral Commissioner, Phillip Green, said today.

“New parties wanting to run candidates in the 2012 election need to get their application for registration to the ACT Electoral Commissioner before 1 July,” Mr Green said.  “Applications must be accompanied by the constitution of the party and the names of at least 100 members of the party who are on the ACT electoral roll.”

“The main advantage of registration for a party was the right to list party candidates in a…

Financial disclosure returns for ACT political parties, Members of the Legislative Assembly, associated entities and donors to political parties for the 2010/2011 financial year were released today by the ACT Electoral Commissioner, Phillip Green.

“The returns show details of receipts, gifts, payments and debts related to political participants in the ACT for the last financial year,” Mr Green said.

These returns can be inspected on the ACT Electoral Commission’s website or in person at the office of the Electoral Commissioner on the ground floor of the North Building, London Circuit, Civic Square, Canberra City between 9:00am and 5:00pm on…

The ACT Electoral Commission annual report for 2010/2011 is available for viewing on the Electoral Commission's website. View the annual report (pdf - 1697 kb).

The final make-up of the ACT Legislative Assembly electoral boundaries for the 2012 election has been announced today by the ACT Electoral Commissioner, Mr Phillip Green.

“The Augmented ACT Electoral Commission has decided to alter the existing electoral boundaries by adopting the Redistribution Committee’s proposal to transfer the Gungahlin suburbs of Crace and Palmerston from the electorate of Molonglo to the electorate of Ginninderra.  This change has been made to ensure that each of the ACT’s three electorates will be within 5% of the enrolment quota at the time of the 2012 election.  The electorate of Brindabella has not…

A public hearing to consider objections to the proposed ACT Legislative Assembly electoral boundaries will be held on Wednesday 31 August 2011 by the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission.

Eighty-two objections to the proposed redistribution of the ACT Legislative Assembly’s electoral boundaries are available for public viewing.

The Augmented ACT Electoral Commission published a proposed redistribution of the ACT into three electorates on 8 July 2011 and invited objections to the proposal by 5 August 2011.  The Augmented Electoral Commission proposed that Ginninderra be made the 7-Member electorate, consisting of Belconnen, Gungahlin and Hall and the Canberra Central suburbs of Lyneham, O’Connor…

Objections to the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission’s proposed redistribution of the ACT Legislative Assembly’s electoral boundaries are now available for public viewing, the ACT Electoral Commissioner Mr Phillip Green said today.

The Augmented Electoral Commission published a proposed redistribution of the ACT into three electorates on 8 July 2011 and invited objections to the proposal by 5 August 2011.

Eighty-two objections to the proposal are available for public inspection at the ACT Electoral Commission website at www.elections.act.gov.au and at the office of the Commission.

The 82 objections can be broadly categorised as:

• 58 submissions opposing the Augmented Electoral Commission’s

Ginninderra could become a 7-Member electorate and Molonglo could become a 5-Member electorate under major changes to the ACT Legislative Assembly electoral boundaries proposed by the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission, ACT Electoral Commissioner Phillip Green said today.

After considering 23 public objections to the boundaries proposed by the ACT Redistribution Committee, the Augmented Commission has proposed that Ginninderra be made the 7-Member electorate, consisting of Belconnen, Gungahlin and Hall and the suburbs of Lyneham, O’Connor and Turner.  Molonglo would become a 5-Member electorate.

The Augmented Commission does not propose to alter the existing 5-Member Brindabella electorate. 

While this proposal is…

A public hearing to consider objections to the proposed ACT Legislative Assembly electoral boundaries will be held on Friday 24 June 2011 by the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission.

Twenty-two objections to the proposed redistribution of the ACT Legislative Assembly’s electoral boundaries are now available for public viewing.

The ACT Redistribution Committee published a proposed redistribution of the ACT into three electorates on 5 May 2011 and invited objections to the proposal by 2 June 2011.  The Redistribution Committee proposed transferring the Gungahlin suburbs of Crace and Palmerston from the electorate of Molonglo to the electorate of Ginninderra.

Dr Chris Bourke will be officially declared elected to fill the casual vacancy in the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Ginninderra today at 3.00pm by the Electoral Commissioner, Phil Green.

The vacancy followed the resignation of Mr Jon Stanhope on 16 May 2011.

Media representatives and members of the public are welcome to attend the declaration of the poll. The declaration will be held at the Legislative Assembly Reception Room, London Circuit, Civic Square, Canberra City.

Dr Chris Bourke was officially declared elected to fill the casual vacancy in the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Ginninderra on 1 June 2011.

The vacancy followed the resignation of Mr Jon Stanhope on 16 May 2011.