Submissions

Anyone who would like to make a submission to the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel relating to the draft determination of New South Wales electoral districts should do so in writing. The submission may be made on your own behalf, or on behalf of a group, organisation or political party.

Submissions relating to the draft determination should be lodged with the Redistribution Panel by one of the following methods no later than Wednesday, 9 December 2020:

Method	Details	Deadline
Email:	redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au Please include a completed cover sheet* with your submission. Be sure to download and save the cover sheet before it.	No later than Wednesday, 9 Dec 2020
Post:	The Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel c/o NSW Electoral Commission GPO Box 832 Sydney NSW 2001 Please include a completed cover sheet* with your submission. Be sure to download and save the cover sheet before completing it.	No later than Wednesday, 9 Dec 2020

*If you are unable to download or print the cover sheet, please ensure your submission includes:

• your name (title, given name and surname)

• your suburb or locality

• an email address (this enables us to acknowledge your submission and provide you with a receipt number)

• a contact phone number (this enables us to contact you if further information is needed)

• the name of the group, political party or organisation you represent (if relevant)

• whether your submission relates to whole-of-state, a region (please name the region), or an electorate (please name the electorate).

If you have difficulty downloading any of the maps or data files, contact the Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel at redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au

If the file size of your submission is larger than 10MB, please contact the Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel at redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au to arrange file transfer.

Has my submission been received?

The Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel will email you a receipt number (if you have provided an email address) or contact you by telephone. If you don't receive a receipt number, please contact the Secretariat at redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au

Any submissions received by the Redistribution Panel will be published on this website for public inspection and comment. To allow for processing time, we anticipate that submissions will be published by Monday, 14 December 2020.

Your first initial, surname and any group, political party or organisation you represent will be also be published. The personal information we collect will be used to process your submission, and may also be used to send you information, reminders or surveys about the redistribution process. If you do not provide information requested, we may be unable to process your submission.

The Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel, NSW Electoral Commission staff and other persons/entities engaged by the Electoral Commission to exercise functions under the Electoral Act 2017 or any other relevant Act will have access to this form. Information on this form may be disclosed to others if legally required or authorised. Your information may be disclosed to others if legally required or authorised. Email redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au for information about access to, and correcting, your personal information.

The Redistribution Panel reserves the right to not publish any submission that it deems obscene, offensive, frivolous or vexatious.

Submissions on the draft determination have been published. The public is now invited to comment on the submissions.

Anyone can lodge a comment on a submission that has been made to and published by the Redistribution Panel relating to the proposed electoral names and boundaries. You may comment as an individual or behalf of a group, organisation or political party.

The period for lodging your comment starts on 10 December 2020 and closes 23 December 2020. Comments received prior to 10 December 2020 or after 23 December 2020 will not be accepted by the Redistribution Panel.

Redistribution is a whole-of-state process. The Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel’s primary task is to distribute the enrolled electors evenly across New South Wales and comments on submissions about individual electoral districts must be balanced with this goal. It is a preference of the Redistribution Panel that comments on submissions contain alternative solutions rather than simply criticism. Example comments include:

• I object to the submission <reference number> for the following reasons… My alternative is…

• I support the submission <reference number> for the following reasons…

The Redistribution Panel may hold a public hearing. Under section 26(3) of the Electoral Act 2017, further submissions may be made to the Redistribution Panel at any public hearing by or on behalf of any person who, or organisation that, lodged a submission or comment on a submission relating to the draft determination.

Each submission has been allocated a reference number. Please ensure you provide the reference number of the submission to which your comment applies.

Comments on submissions should be lodged in writing. The comment may be made on your own behalf, or on behalf of a group, organisation or political party.

Comments on submissions must be lodged no later than Wednesday, 23 December 2020 via one of the following methods.

If the file size of your submission is larger than 10MB, please contact the Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel at redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au to arrange file transfer.

Method	Details	Deadline
Email:	redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au Please include a completed cover sheet* with your submission. Be sure to download and save the cover sheet before it.	No later than Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020
Post:	The Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel c/o NSW Electoral Commission GPO Box 832 Sydney NSW 2001 Please include a completed cover sheet* with your submission. Be sure to download and save the cover sheet before completing it.	No later than Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020

*If you are unable to download or print the cover sheet, please ensure your comment includes:

• your name (title, given name and surname)

• the reference number of the submission to which your comment applies

• your suburb or locality

• an email address (this enables us to acknowledge your submission and provide a receipt number)

• a contact phone number (this enables us to contact you if further information is needed)

• the name of the group, political party or organisation you represent (if relevant).

If you have difficulty downloading any of the maps or data files, contact the Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel at redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au

Has my comment been received?

The Secretariat of the Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel will email your receipt number (if you have provided an email address) or contact you by telephone. If you don't receive a receipt number, please contact the Secretariat at redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au.

Any comments on submissions received will be published on this website for public inspection.

Your first initial, surname and any group, political party or organisation you represent (if relevant) will be also be published. The personal information we collect will be used to process your submission, and may also be used to send you information, reminders or surveys about the redistribution process. If you do not provide information requested, we may be unable to process your submission.

The Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel, NSW Electoral Commission staff and other persons/entities engaged by the Electoral Commission to exercise functions under the Electoral Act 2017 or any other relevant Act will have access to this form. Information on this form may be disclosed to others if legally required or authorised. Your information may be disclosed to others if legally required or authorised. Email redistribution@elections.nsw.gov.au for information about access to, and correcting, your personal information.

The Redistribution Panel reserves the right to not publish any submission that it deems obscene, offensive, frivolous or vexatious.