The ACT Legislative Assembly electoral boundaries for the 2024 election have been announced today by the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission (the Commission).

The Commission has decided to accept the electoral boundaries proposed by the ACT Redistribution Committee (the Committee). The Commission has decided not to uphold any of the objections to the redistribution of the electoral boundaries as proposed by the Committee, as set out in its statement of reasons published today.

The ACT Legislative Assembly’s electoral boundaries for the 19 October 2024 election are as follows:

Brindabella, a five-Member electorate comprising the district of Tuggeranong and the districts of Booth, Cotter River, Paddy’s River, Rendezvous Creek, Tennent and Mount Clear;

Ginninderra, a five-Member electorate comprising the district of Belconnen (excluding the suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen);

Kurrajong, a five-Member electorate comprising the district of Canberra Central (excluding the suburbs of Deakin, Forrest, Red Hill and Yarralumla), and the districts of Jerrabomberra (including the entire suburb of Hume), Kowen and Majura;

Murrumbidgee, a five-Member electorate comprising the districts of Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek, Woden Valley, Coree (including the village of Uriarra) and Stromlo, and the Canberra Central suburbs of Deakin, Forrest, Red Hill and Yarralumla; and

Yerrabi, a five-Member electorate comprising the districts of Gungahlin and Hall and the Belconnen District suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen.

The Committee published a proposed redistribution of the ACT into five electorates on 12 May 2023 and invited objections to the proposal to be submitted by 9 June 2023.

Five objections to the proposal were received by the Commission. A public hearing into one of those objections was held on 17 August 2023.

In determining the most appropriate solution, the Commission considered all viable and logical options. This included analysing current and projected enrolment figures, reviewing each suggestion and comment received, and investigating each objection. After this comprehensive evaluation, the Commission has upheld the original proposal of the Committee.

The Commission has today published a detailed statement of reasons for its decision to accept the proposed boundaries unchanged, including an examination of each of the objections to the proposed boundaries. The statement of reasons and the final map of the electoral boundaries for the 2024 election are available online at www.elections.act.gov.au and from the office of Elections ACT at Nara Centre, 3 Constitution Avenue, Canberra City.

As the Commission has accepted the proposal of the Committee, there are no further opportunities for public objections. The Commission will formally complete the redistribution process in the near future by publication of a notifiable instrument of determination under section 35 of the Electoral Act (the Act) and publication of a report under section 53 of the Act regarding the redistribution.

The Commission comprises the members of the ACT Electoral Commission (Chairperson, Mr David Kalisch; Electoral Commissioner, Mr Damian Cantwell AM CSC; and Commission Member, Mr Ed Killesteyn PSM) and members of the Redistribution Committee (planning and land authority (Mr Ben Ponton), the Surveyor-General (Mr Greg Ledwidge) and a person appointed by the ACT Electoral Commission, the Director of Demography, Australian Bureau of Statistics (Ms Beidar Cho)).