Australian Electoral Commission

  • Council’s job gets harder

    Colac Otway Shire mayor Joe McCracken says council’s job will be “more difficult” following the Australian Electoral Commission’s final decision to move part of the shire into Wannon.

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  • Final day for submissions

    Colac Otway Shire Council has requested the Australian Electoral Commission call a meeting in Colac before making a decision to move the Corangamite electorate.

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    Council plan would see shire remain in electorate

    Colac Otway Shire Council has proposed an alternative to the Australian Electoral Commission’s draft electoral boundary changes that would balance voter numbers and keep the entire shire in the same federal electorate.

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  • Make sure objections are valid

    Objections to moving Colac into a different federal electorate might be invalid if they focus on wanting to stay in a marginal seat, a business leader says.

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  • Electoral divisions to change

    Colac and Beeac will move into a federal electorate that’s six times the size of their current electorate.

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  • Proposed electoral changes draw objections

    Colac Otway Shire mayor Joe McCracken and Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson say they will object to the Australian Electoral Commission’s proposal to split the shire across two federal electorates.

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