[18] The Broadcasting Services Act 1922 bans the broadcast of advertisements in the three days prior to an election. Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group), 'I paid many millions': Trump tweets response to New York Times tax returns story, India records a new coronavirus milestone.
Penny Sharpe was appointed in May 2015 to fill a vacancy caused by her own resignation to unsuccessfully contest Newtown at the 2015 state election. National MLC Rick Colless is not contesting. Elections in all jurisdictions follow similar principles, though there are minor variations between them. Supporters of these places very commonly take advantage of the large number of visitors undertaking fund raising activity, often including raffles, cake stalls and sales of democracy sausages. Jing Lee, elected 2018: Following amendments to electoral legislation in 2011, State General Elections for both houses are now held every four years on the second Saturday in March. Tung Ngo This work is copyright. Voting is almost entirely conducted by paper ballot and is compulsory for adults. For parties to receive any representation in the National Council, they must either win at least one seat in a constituency directly, or clear a 4 percent national electoral threshold. The first term incumbent Liberal Party of Australia (SA) government, currently led by Premier Steven Marshall, will seek a second four-year term and will be challenged by the Australian Labor Party (SA) opposition, currently led by Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas.
38, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2002. The seat of National MLC Ben Franklin is vacant as he is contesting the lower house seat of Ballina. This page was last edited on 25 September 2020, at 23:36. During an election, one candidate is elected for each Legislative Assembly district and six candidates are elected for each Legislative Council region. Should the writs be issued on the same day, and the shortest times apply, nominations would close on 21 August 2010; and polling would be on Saturday 18 September 2010. As with the federal parliament and other Australian states and territories, voting in the election to select members for the Council is compulsory for all New South Wales citizens over the age of 18. In South Australia, section 28 of the Constitution Act 1934, as amended in 2001, directs that parliaments have fixed four-year terms, and elections must be held on the third Saturday in March every four years unless this date falls the day after Good Friday, occurs within the same month as a Commonwealth election, or the conduct of the election could be adversely affected by a state disaster.
In the House of Assembly at the 2018 election, the Liberal opposition formed a two-seat majority government with 25 of 47 seats, after retaining three of the four redistributed notionally Liberal seats won by Labor at the 2014 election (Colton, Elder and Newland) and winning the newly-created notionally ultra marginal Labor seat of King. States and territories: next election dates, Source: State and territory electoral offices/commissions. The Commission has results and publications for all State electoral events available electronically from the 1993 State election, including by-elections. The Parliament of Australia consists of two chambers, the House of Representatives (commonly also referred as the lower house) and the Senate (also referred as the upper house). [19] The Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 brought forward by the Hawke Government introduced public election funding and the requirement that all minor donations to parties be disclosed. New South Wales Half the state senators retire on 30 June every three years, except in the case of a simultaneous dissolution of both Houses. Simultaneous half-Senate and House
You can view the timeline for the election here. Division maps 2015/2016; Division maps 2019/2020; Division profiles; Find my electoral division; Redistributions The Legislative Assembly has a fixed term.
[2]. The elections for the Australian Parliament are held under the federal electoral system, which is uniform throughout the country, and the elections for state and territory Parliaments are held under the [13] An unsuccessful challenge to the 500 member requirement was heard by the High Court of Australia in 2004. In the event of a double dissolution, the terms of all the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives seats end immediately. [1][2][3][4], In the Legislative Council at the 2018 election, the 11 of 22 seats up for election were 4 Liberal, 4 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Conservative and 1 Dignity. Antony Green is the ABC's chief election analyst. The election process is governed by the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912. Like federal elections, South Australia has compulsory voting, uses full-preference instant-runoff voting for single-member electorates in the lower house and optional preference single transferable voting in the proportionally represented upper house.