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Western Australia
Head of State
Governor
Leader of Government
Premier
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Parliaments and Local Councils
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Legislative Council
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Legislative Assembly
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Local Councils
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Terms of Members of Parliament/ Council
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4 year fixed term
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Up to 4 years.
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4 year fixed term. Half the councillors of each Council are elected every 2 years on the first Saturday in May.
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Number of Members
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34 members from 6 regions
(4 x 5 MLCs and 2 x 7 MLCs).
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57 elected from single-member electoral districts.
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Approximately 1,400 Councillors from 144 Councils.
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Electoral Legislation
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Electoral Act 1907 and some aspects of the Constitution
Acts Amendment Act 1899.
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Same as Legislative Council.
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Local Government Act 1995.
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Voting Systems (definitions)
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Proportional representation - single transferable vote and ticket
voting.
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Full Preferential.
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First past the post.
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Enrolment and Voting Eligibility
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Largely the same as for Commonwealth except for British subjects
who qualify if they were on either a Commonwealth or WA roll between
26 October 1983 and 25 January 1984 inclusive. The two rolls also
treat some special categories of electors differently.
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Voting is voluntary. To vote, an elector must be on either the
State or Commonwealth roll.
Property owners and occupiers may also enrol and vote if they are
Australian citizens.
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Redistribution Provisions and Frequency
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Part IIA of the Electoral Act 1907.
Two years after each general election for the Legislative Assembly.
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Local Government Act 1995.
The Local Government Advisory Board makes recommendations on suggested redistributions to the Minister for Local Government and Regional Development.
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Joint Rolls Arrangements between Commonwealth,
States and Territories
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A joint enrolment arrangement since 1983.
Separate State and Commonwealth rolls are maintained but with a single form and procedure.
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State roll used to produce residents lists.
Councils are responsible for maintaining a register of non- residential
owners and occupiers.
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Funding, Donations and Disclosure Provisions
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Disclosure of donations and expenditure required by candidates,
groups and other persons for each election. Political parties and
associated entities are required to disclose expenditure incurred
in relation to each election, as well as provide annual returns
for donations received each financial year.
Current funding amount is $1.45302 per vote in each House
Dollar amount per vote is paid to each candidate who receives over
4% of first preference votes, OR the amount of electoral expenditure
incurred for that election, which ever is the lesser amount; and
dollar amount is indexed annually to CPI
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Current funding amount is $1.45302
per vote in each House
Dollar amount per vote is paid to each candidate who receives over
4% of first preference votes, OR the amount of electoral expenditure
incurred for that election, which ever is the lesser amount; and
dollar amount is indexed annually to CPI
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Disclosure of donations to CEO of local government. No funding Provisions.
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Interesting and Particular Features
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At a distribution different quotients are applied to metropolitan and country areas.
Registration of political parties. |
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Electoral Commissioner responsible for all postal elections.
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