Bill
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Fair Representation of the Northern Territory) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Malarndirri McCarthy
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-06-11
- second reading — 2020-06-11
- second reading — 2020-08-24
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-06-11.
This bill would guarantee the Northern Territory at least two seats in the House of Representatives.
It changes the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 to require that two members be chosen for the Territory at each general election, overriding any redistribution that would reduce that number.
The bill would start the day after it receives royal assent.
- Sets a minimum of two House of Representatives divisions for the Northern Territory.
- Overrides the Electoral Commissioner's determination if it would reduce the Territory's seats below two.
- Creates two new divisions for the Northern Territory when new electoral rolls are prepared.
Voters and residents of the Northern Territory, including Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands.
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