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Australian Electoral Commission

Index Australian Electoral Commission

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is the federal independent agency in charge of organising, conducting and supervising federal elections and referendums. [1]

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Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Albert Langer

Albert Langer (also known as Arthur Dent) is an Australian political activist, best known for his 1996 conviction and gaoling on contempt charges after breaching an injunction forbidding his advocacy of marking electoral ballot papers in a way discouraged by the Australian Electoral Commission.

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Andy Becker

Andrew Kingsley Becker is a former Australian Electoral Commissioner who served in that position between 2000-2005.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statistical agency of the Government of Australia.

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Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT; known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938) is Australia's federal district, located in the south-east of the country and enclaved within the state of New South Wales.

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Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission

The Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission, branded Elections ACT, is the agency of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory with responsibility for the conduct of elections and referendums for the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly; the determination of electoral boundaries for the ACT; and the provision of electoral advice and services to government and on-government agencies.

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Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2014

A half-Senate election for the election of six Senators occurred in Western Australia on 5 April 2014.

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Brian Pink

Brian Pink was the Australian Statistician, the head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), between 5 March 2007 and 12 January 2014.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Civics

Civics is the study of the theoretical, political and practical aspects of citizenship, as well as its rights and duties; the duties of citizens to each other as members of a political body and to the government.

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Colin Hughes

Colin Anfield Hughes (4 May 1930 – 30 June 2017) was a Bahamian-born British-Australian academic specialising in electoral politics and government.

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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is an Act of the Australian Parliament passed in 1918 which replaced the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, which had defined who was entitled to vote in Australian federal elections, and the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902.

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Commonwealth Law Reports

The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) are the authorised reports of decisions of the High Court of Australia.

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Compulsory voting

Compulsory voting refers to laws which require eligible citizens to register and vote in national and/or local elections.

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Constitution of Australia

The Constitution of Australia is the supreme law under which the government of the Commonwealth of Australia operates, including its relationship to the States of Australia.

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Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Department of Finance and Deregulation

The Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation was a Federal Government department that existed between December 2007 and September 2013.

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Department of Home Affairs (1901–16)

The Department of Home Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1916.

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Department of Home Affairs (1928–32)

The Department of Home Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between 1928 and 1932.

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Department of Home and Territories (1916-1928)

The Department of Home and Territories was an Australian government department that existed between November 1916 and December 1928.

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Department of the Interior (1932–39)

The Department of the Interior was an Australian government department that existed between April 1932 and April 1939.

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Disfranchisement

Disfranchisement (also called disenfranchisement) is the revocation of the right of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or through practices, prevention of a person exercising the right to vote.

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Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives

In Australia, electoral districts for the Australian House of Representatives are called divisions or more commonly referred to as electorates or seats.

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Elections in Australia

Elections in Australia take place periodically to elect the legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia, as well as for each Australian state and territory.

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Electoral Commission of Queensland

The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) is established under the Electoral Act 1992 as an independent statutory authority, responsible for the impartial conduct of state and local government elections in Queensland.

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Electoral Commission of South Australia

The Electoral Commission SA is an independent office which forms part of the Government of South Australia, and which conducts parliamentary state elections every four years.

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Electoral districts of Western Australia

The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts.

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Electoral roll

The electoral roll (also called an electoral register or poll book) is a list of persons who are eligible to vote in a particular electoral district and who are registered to vote, if required in a particular jurisdiction.

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Electoral system of Australia

The Australian electoral system comprises the laws and processes used for the election of members of the Australian Parliament.

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Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner

Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner (2010) was a landmark decision made by the Federal Court of Australia on 13 August 2010 allowing Australians to enrol online in future elections.

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GetUp!

GetUp! is an Australian left-wing lobby group.

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Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

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Ian Campbell (public servant)

Robert Ian Campbell, is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker.

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John Howard

John Winston Howard, (born 26 July 1939) is a former Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2007.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Mathias Cormann

Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann (born 20 September 1970) is an Australian politician who has served as a Liberal senator for Western Australia since 2007.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New South Wales Electoral Commission

The New South Wales Electoral Commission is the statutory agency with responsibility for the administration, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales for state government, local government, industrial and Aboriginal organisations, and registered clubs and statutory bodies.

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Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

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Northern Territory Electoral Commission

The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) is an independent government agency of the Government of the Northern Territory with responsibility for the conduct of elections for the unicameral NT Legislative Assembly, referendums and local government (Council) elections.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament; also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or just Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Redistribution (Australia)

In Australia, a redistribution is the process of redrawing the boundaries of electoral divisions of the House of Representatives, a process that in the United States is called redistricting.

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Referendums in Australia

Referendums in Australia are polls held in Australia to approve parliament-proposed changes to the Constitution of Australia or to the constitutions of states and territories.

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Rowe v Electoral Commissioner

Rowe v Electoral Commissioner.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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Special Minister of State

The Australian Special Minister of State is Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann.

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Statutory authority

A statutory authority is a body set up by law which is authorised to enact legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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Tasmanian Electoral Commission

The Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC) in Tasmania, Australia, is an independent office established in 2005 which conducts parliamentary and local government elections in Tasmania.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Victorian Electoral Commission

The Victorian Electoral Commission (formerly State Electoral Office), or VEC, is the government agency responsible for the running of state, municipal and various non-government elections in Victoria.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Wilfred James "Bill" Gray

Wilfred James "Bill" Gray is a former senior Australian public servant, and specialist in Aboriginal affairs.

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Writ of election

A writ of election is a writ issued ordering the holding of an election.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission

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