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Media Releases

Individual council media releases
Statewide media releases
Radio media releases and audio files
In languages other than English
Archived media releases
Media contacts

Individual council media releases

8 October 2008 - Nominations open soon
29 September 2008 - Last chance to enrol
17 September 2008 - Enrol to vote for council elections

Statewide media releases

1 October 2008 - Last chance to enrol
24 September 2008 - Enrol to vote for Victorian council elections
20 August 2008 - Update your postal address now

Seniors
2 September 2008 - Are you correctly enrolled?

Youth
2 September 2008 - Enrol to vote

Radio media releases and audio files

Enrolment reminder
1 October 2008
For release to radio, accompanied by audio grabs of Steve Tully, Electoral Commissioner.

Last chance to enrol for council elections
Audio file (MP3, 371KB)
Audio file (MP3, 328KB)

Enrolment
22 September 2008
For release to radio, accompanied by audio grabs of Liz Williams, Deputy Electoral Commissioner.

Enrol to vote for council elections
Audio file (MP3, 316KB)
Audio file (MP3, 333KB)

In languages other than English

Media releases

Enrolment
Distributed throughout September 2008.

Amharic (PDF, 45KB)Korean (PDF, 91KB)
Arabic (PDF, 96KB)Macedonian (PDF, 74KB)
Bosnian (PDF, 68KB)Persian (PDF, 76KB)
Cambodian (PDF, 37KB)Russian (PDF, 75KB)
Chinese (PDF, 119KB)Serbian (PDF, 74KB)
Croatian (PDF, 67KB)Spanish (PDF, 12KB)
Dari (PDF, 97KB)Turkish (PDF, 87KB)
Greek (PDF, 75KB)Vietnamese (PDF, 79KB)
Italian (PDF, 11KB) 

Audio files

Enrolment
Broadcast on ethnic radio stations week commencing Monday, 22 September 2008.

Albanian (mp3, 705KB)Maltese (mp3, 705KB)
Amharic (mp3, 705KB)Mandarin (mp3, 705KB)
Arabic (mp3, 705KB)Polish (mp3, 705KB)
Assyrian (mp3, 705KB)Russian (mp3, 705KB)
Cantonese (mp3, 705KB)Serbian (mp3, 705KB)
Croatian (mp3, 705KB)Sinhalese (mp3, 705KB)
Greek (mp3, 705KB)Somali (mp3, 705KB)
Indonesian (mp3, 705KB)Spanish (mp3, 705KB)
Italian (mp3, 705B)Tamil (mp3, 939KB)
Macedonian (mp3, 705KB)Turkish (mp3, 705KB)

Press advertisements

Enrolment
Published in a range of ethnic publications in September 2008.

Changed address, turned 18 or just not on the roll? (English download PDF, 838KB)

Arabic (PDF, 690KB)Serbian (PDF, 579KB)
Chinese (PDF, 764KB)Spanish (PDF, 608KB)
Croatian (PDF, 577KB)Turkish (PDF, 576B)
Greek (PDF, 578KB)Vietnamese (PDF, 593KB)
Italian (PDF, 705KB)

Archived media releases

2008 Media releases
2007 media releases
2006 media releases
2005 media releases

Media contacts

Sue Lang
Manager Communication, Education and Research Branch
Tel (03) 9299 0730
Email sue.lang@vec.vic.gov.au

Paul Thornton-Smith
Senior Information and Research Officer
Communication, Education and Research Branch
Tel (03) 9299 0732
Email paul.thornton-smith@vec.vic.gov.au

Paula Wilson
Senior Communications Officer
Communication, Education and Research Branch
Tel (03) 9299 0733
Email paula.wilson@vec.vic.gov.au

Michael Newhouse
Communications Officer
Communication, Education and Research Branch
Tel (03) 9299 0739
Email michael.newhouse@vec.vic.gov.au