PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA Electoral Matters Committee Inquiry into civics and electoral participation in Victorian state parliamentary elections Parliament of Victoria Electoral Matters Committee Ordered to be published VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER August 2018 PP No 427, Session 2014‑18 ISBN 978 1 925703 58 0 (print version) 978 1 925703 59 7 (PDF version) Committee functions The Electoral Matters Committee is constituted under section 9A of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003. The committee’s functions are to inquire into, consider and report to the Parliament on any proposal, matter or thing concerned with: a. the conduct of parliamentary elections and referendums in Victoria; b. the conduct of elections of Councillors under the Local Government Act 1989; and c. the administration of, or practices associated with, the Electoral Act 2002 and any other law relating to electoral matters. ii Electoral Matters Committee Committee membership Hon Louise Asher MP Ms Ros Spence MP Chair Deputy Chair Brighton Yuroke Ms Melina Bath MLC Ms Lizzie Blandthorn MP Hon Martin Dixon MP Eastern Victoria Pascoe Vale Nepean (from 7 September 2017) Hon Russell Northe MP Ms Fiona Patten MLC Hon Adem Somyurek MLC Morwell Northern Metropolitan South‑Eastern Metropolitan (until 28 August 2017) Inquiry into civics and electoral participation in Victorian state parliamentary elections iii Committee secretariat Staff Mark Roberts, Executive Officer Dr Nathaniel Reader, Research Officer Bernadette Pendergast, Committee Administrative Officer, Mondays and Tuesdays Maria Marasco, Committee Administrative Officer, Wednesdays and Thursdays Committee contact details Address Electoral Matters Committee Parliament of Victoria, Spring Street EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 Phone 61 3 8682 2885 Email
[email protected] Web https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/emc This report is available on the Committee’s website.