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Parliaments and Local Councils
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Enrolment and Voting Eligibility
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Commonwealth
Head of State
Governor-general
Leader of Government
Prime Minister
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Senate
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Compulsory enrolment and voting for Australian citizens 18 years
and over who have lived at their present address for one month.
British subjects who were on the roll immediately before 26 January
1984.
Provisional enrolment for 17 year olds.
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House of Representatives
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New South Wales
Head of State
Governor
Leader of Government
Premier
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Legislative Council
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Same as Commonwealth
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Legislative Assembly
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Local Councils
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Voting compulsory for electors who are enrolled for the State.
Owners of property in Council areas other than their place of residence
may apply for non-resident enrolment.
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Victoria
Head of State
Governor
Leader of Government
Premier
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Legislative Council
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Same as Commonwealth
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Legislative Assembly
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Local Councils
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Same as for State plus special enrolment provisions for non-resident
owners and occupiers, corporations and non-citizens. Voting compulsory
for residents; (except for those aged 70 years or over); not compulsory
for non-residents. Melbourne and Greater Geelong and Nillumbik:
Voting compulsory for all on roll.
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Queensland
Head of State
Governor
Leader of Government
Premier
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(Legislative Council abolished 1922)
Legislative Assembly
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Same as for Commonwealth but must be resident in Queensland for
one month, with added enrolment provision for British subjects who
qualify if on roll between 1 May and 31 July 1983.
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Local Councils
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Enrolment and voting is compulsory for electors qualified to vote
for Legislative Assembly.
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Western Australia
Head of State
Governor
Leader of Government
Premier
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Legislative Council
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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 rollls also
treat some other categories differently.
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Legislative Assembly
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Local Councils
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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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South Australia
Head of State
Governor
Leader of Government
Premier
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Legislative Council
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Initial enrolment not compulsory, but once enroled required to
maintain enrolement vote; otherwise same as Commonwealth except
for British subjects who qualify if they were on a Commonwealth,
SA or Territory electoral roll between 26 October 1983 and 25 January
1984 inclusive.
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House of Assembly
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Local Councils
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Voluntary voting for State Assembly electors plus Council's own
supplementary voters i.e.: non-naturalised citizens, residents and
other rate payers with specified voting rights. Plural voting allowed.
City of Adelaide - a natural person can only vote in one capacity.
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Tasmania
Head of State
Governor
Leader of Government
Premier
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Legislative Council
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Same as for Commonwealth but must have been resident in Tasmania
for six months continually at any one time.
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House of Assembly
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As above
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Local Councils
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Persons on the Hose of Assembly roll plus owners and occupiers
not on House of Assembly roll.
Voting not compulsory.
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Northern Territory
Head of State
Administrator
Leader of Government
Chief Minister
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Legislative Assembly
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Same as Commonwealth
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Municipal Councils
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Voting is compulsory for electors who are enroled on the Legislative
Assembly roll for an address within a Municipal Council Area.
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Local Councils
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Enrolment and voting provisions vary from Council to Council and
contained in the respective Community Government Scheme.
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Australian Capital Territory
Head of State
Governor-general (the Governor-general has certain reserve powers
and can disallow legislation, recommend amendments to legislation
and under extreme circumstance dissolve the Assembly.)
Leader of Government
Chief Minister (The Chief Minister is elected
by the Assembly and exercises a number of powers normally exercised
by a Governor including appointment of Ministers and signing law
into effect.)
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Legislative Assembly
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Same as for Commonwealth.
Note: Residents of Jervis Bay and Norfolk Island are included in
the ACT only for Commonwealth purposes.
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