For release from Monday, 26 November 2007

 

Latrobe City COUNCIL ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION REVIEW: FINAL REPORT RELEASED

 

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) today released its Final Report on electoral representation for the Latrobe City Council.

 

The VEC’s recommendation is that Latrobe City Council consist of nine councillors to be elected from nine single-councillor wards, with boundaries different from those in the current electoral structure. This recommendation is the preliminary first alternative option in the VEC’s Preliminary Report of 4 October 2007.

 

In preparing its Final Report, the VEC considered a range of information, including submissions made in response to its Preliminary Report and statements made at a public hearing on 8 November 2007.

 

The VEC’s Final Report on the Latrobe City Council has been forwarded for consideration to Mr Richard Wynne MP, Minister for Local Government.

 

The Final Report is available for inspection at the Council offices, or people can get their own copies from the VEC (tel. 13 18 32) or from the VEC’s website www.vec.vic.gov.au

 

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Media releases are available from the VEC website http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/rrreleases.html For further media information: Aileen Duke Victorian Electoral Commission Tel: 9299 0796

 

 

MAP OF RECOMMENDED ELECTORAL STRUCTURE FOR Latrobe City