FRESH calls have been made for the Australian Electoral Commission to have its Mallee office in the electorate.
The formal declaration of the poll following last month’s federal election was made in Bendigo last Friday.
But candidates were hard to find at the official end to the campaign and Anne Webster, who was elected for a third time, did not travel from her Mildura home to the adjoining Bendigo electorate where the AEC has its office. “The formal declaration of the polls took place — unfortunately in Bendigo, 400 km from Mildura, our largest population centre. I call on the Australian Electoral Commission to bring the declaration center back to Mildura, where it rightfully belongs.”
Mallee is one of two electorates without an AEC office within its boundaries.