Politics & Council
31 May, 2024
BREAKING NEWS: No change in Mallee
THERE will be no change to the Mallee federal electorate under a redistribution that cuts the number of seats in Victoria. The draft report on the state's new electoral boundaries has been released this afternoon. Several submissions had suggested...
THERE will be no change to the Mallee federal electorate under a redistribution that cuts the number of seats in Victoria.
The draft report on the state's new electoral boundaries has been released this afternoon.
Several submissions had suggested Loddon Shire communities be moved into the Bendigo electorate.
Chair of the Committee and Electoral Commissioner, Tom Rogers, said the Victorian redistribution was required to enable a decrease from 39 to 38 electoral divisions.
“Under the proposal some significant changes would occur, with the boundaries of Victorian divisions being amended to accommodate the decrease,” Mr Rogers said.
“Thirty eightof the existing 39 division names would be retained with the division of Higgins to be abolished.”
A federal election will be held before next May.
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