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Report of the 29 Electoral Divisions For Australian Electoral Commission 2006 REDISTRIBUTION OF QUEENSLAND INTO 29 ELECTORAL DIVISIONS Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Section 75 © Commonwealth of Australia 2006 ISBN 0-9775002-2-5 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Attorney General’s Department, Robert Garran Offices, National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 or posted at http://www.ag.gov.au/cca Printed by Pirion, Fyshwick ACT CONTENTS PART 1 REDISTRIBUTION OF QUEENSLAND INTO PAGE ELECTORAL DIVISIONS 1.1 Determination made by the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland 2 1.2 Reasons for the determination made by the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland 3 1.3 Statistical summary 11 1.4 Description of the method used to calculate the area of Electoral Divisions 13 1.5 General description of each Electoral Division 13 Appendix A Composition of the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland and the Redistribution Committee for Queensland 55 Appendix B List of Public Objections lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission pursuant to Section 69(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 56 Appendix C List of Comments on Public Objections lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission pursuant to Section 69(3) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 60 Appendix D List of persons who appeared at the public inquiry into Public Objections held by the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland, Longreach, 21 August 2006 61 Appendix E List of persons who appeared at the public inquiry into Public Objections held by the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland, Brisbane, 30 August 2006 62 Appendix F Guidelines for the naming of Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 63 Appendix G Redistribution timetable 64 PART 2 ENCLOSURES Redistribution Statistics; Public Suggestions to the Redistribution Committee; Comments on Public Suggestions; Report – 2006 Proposed Redistribution of Queensland into Electoral Divisions; Public Objections to the Proposed Redistribution; Comments on Public Objections to the Proposed Redistribution; Transcript of the Inquiry into Public Objections; PDF maps of Electoral Compact Divisions Disc Composite maps showing the boundaries of the electoral Paper divisions for Queensland as determined by the augmented Maps Electoral Commission. PART 1 REDISTRIBUTION OF QUEENSLAND INTO 29 ELECTORAL DIVISIONS 22 November 2006 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 Sections 73 and 74 1.1 DETERMINATION MADE BY THE AUGMENTED ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR QUEENSLAND Pursuant to section 73 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland hereby determines that the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions into which Queensland is to be distributed are as shown on the maps certified by the members of the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland and lodged in file number 06/1458 at the National Office of the Australian Electoral Commission in Canberra. These maps are numbered in the following sequence QLD1/2006 Blair QLD16/2006 Hinkler QLD2/2006 Bonner QLD17/2006 Kennedy QLD3/2006 Bowman QLD18/2006 Leichhardt QLD4/2006 Brisbane QLD19/2006 Lilley QLD5/2006 Capricornia QLD20/2006 Longman QLD6/2006 Dawson QLD21/2006 McPherson QLD7/2006 Dickson QLD22/2006 Maranoa QLD8/2006 Fadden QLD23/2006 Moncrieff QLD9/2006 Fairfax QLD24/2006 Moreton QLD10/2006 Fisher QLD25/2006 Oxley QLD11/2006 Flynn QLD26/2006 Petrie QLD12/2006 Forde QLD27/2006 Rankin QLD13/2006 Griffith QLD28/2006 Ryan QLD14/2006 Groom QLD29/2006 Wide Bay QLD15/2006 Herbert The augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland reached this determination on the basis that it determined the boundaries of the electoral divisions in Queensland, and the names of those divisions, should be as proposed by the Redistribution Committee for Queensland in its Report published on 23 June 2006, subject to the following changes: (i) the name of the new division shall be Flynn; (ii) the boundaries of Flynn, Capricornia, Maranoa and Hinkler shall be changed as indicated in paragraph 22 of the Report of the augmented Electoral Commission; (iii) the further changes to boundaries shall be made that are set out in paragraph 24 of the Report of the augmented Electoral Commission. J C S Burchett QC Chairperson augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland 2 1.2 REASONS FOR THE DETERMINATION MADE BY THE AUGMENTED ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR QUEENSLAND Representation of Queensland in the House of Representatives 1. On 17 November 2005 the Electoral Commissioner made a determination of State and Territory entitlements to representation under section 48(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (the Act). By virtue of the determination, Queensland is entitled to 29 members of the House of Representatives, one more than its previous entitlement. Direction for a redistribution of Queensland electoral divisions 2. Section 59(2) of the Act provides that a redistribution shall be directed whenever a determination under section 48(1) of the Act results in an alteration of the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in a State. Consequently, on 2 December 2005, the Australian Electoral Commission (the Electoral Commission) directed by notice published in the Gazette (S226 Friday 2 December 2005) that a redistribution was to commence in Queensland. 3. At the end of 2 December 2005, the day determined by the Electoral Commission for the redistribution to begin, the number of electors enrolled for the State was 2 471 372. 4. Redistribution 2006 Statistics which show the electoral enrolment figures as at 2 December 2005 were made available on compact disc and on the Australian Electoral Commission website. In addition, copies were printed upon request at all Queensland offices of the Australian Electoral Commission. The statistics were given at the following levels: Census Collector District (CCD) Statistical Local Area (SLA) Electoral Division State Quota 5. Under Section 65(2) of the Act, the Electoral Commissioner determined that the quota of electors for Queensland was 85 220 (2 471 372 divided by 29 members). The permitted range of the margin of allowance of 10% below and above the quota would be 76 698 to 93 742. The Act does not permit any greater variation from the quota to be provided for in a redistribution. 3 Appointment of the Redistribution Committee for Queensland 6. The next step in the process leading to a redistribution in Queensland was the appointment under s.60 of the Act of a Redistribution Committee for the State. On 14 March 2006, this committee was appointed, its members being: Electoral Commissioner Mr Ian Campbell Australian Electoral Officer Ms Anne Bright for Queensland Director General Mr Bob McCarthy Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water, that position including the role of Surveyor-General for Queensland Auditor-General of Queensland Mr Glenn Poole 7. All preconditions having been met, the Redistribution Committee (the Committee) made a proposed redistribution of Queensland under s.66 of the Act, stating its reasons in writing; caused the notice required by s.68(1)(c) of the Act to be published in the Gazette; and took the other steps required by s.68. Objections and Comments 8. A total of 189 Objections (although a substantial proportion of these were in the same or a similar form) was received, and as well, 43 Comments on Objections were received. Augmented Electoral Commission 9. By s.70(1) of the Act there is established for the purposes of any such redistribution an augmented Electoral Commission for the relevant State or Territory. By virtue of s.70(2) the members of the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland (augmented Commission) are the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (Hon James Burchett QC); the member of the Electoral Commission other than the Chairperson and the Electoral Commissioner (Mr Dennis Trewin); and the persons previously mentioned who constituted the Committee. Public Inquiry 10. The augmented Commission held a public inquiry into the Objections in Longreach on 21 August 2006 and in Brisbane on 30 August 2006. Arguments were presented on these occasions by 13 persons (at Longreach), and a further 19 persons (at Brisbane), and have been carefully considered by the augmented Commission, together with all the objections and comments. For further details, see Appendices. 4 The Statutory Mandate of the augmented Electoral Commission 11. By s.73 of the Act, it is the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland which must determine, by notice published in the Gazette, the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions into which the State is to be distributed. But that task must be performed in accordance with the requirements of s.73(4) and (4A), which provide: “(4) In making the determination, the augmented Electoral Commission: (a) shall, as far as practicable, endeavour to ensure that the number of electors enrolled in each Electoral Division in the State or Territory will not, at the projection time determined under section 63A, be less than 96.5% or more than 103.5% of the average divisional enrolment of that State or Territory at that time; and (b) subject to paragraph (a), shall give due consideration, in relation to each Electoral Division, to: (i) community of interests within the Electoral Division, including economic, social and regional
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