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Melbourne City Council Representation Review

Legislation now provides for electoral representation reviews of the Melbourne City Council. The electoral representation review of Melbourne City Council commenced on Monday, 24 October.

The 2011 review will consider if change is needed to the current electoral structure. The review will consider the appropriate number of the councillors for the municipality and whether the City should be divided into wards.

The review will not consider:

the method of election for the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor
the external boundaries of the City of Melbourne
who is entitled to vote in Melbourne City Council elections
whether elections should be held by post or attendance.

Key datesTop

Public information sessions	Monday, 7 November 2011 Wednesday, 9 November 2011 Thursday, 10 November 2011
Deadline for preliminary submissions	Thursday, 24 November 2011
Release of preliminary report	Monday, 23 January 2012
Deadline for response submissions	Thursday, 23 February 2012
Public hearing	Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Release of final report	Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Public submissionsTop

Guide for Submissions

Melbourne City Council Guide for Submissions (PDF, 693kB, DOC, 846kB).
Map of Melbourne City Council with voter numbers by locality (PDF, 370kB).

Deadlines

Preliminary submissions must be received by the VEC by 5.00pm, Thursday, 24 November.
Response submissions in reply to the preliminary report (to be released on Wednesday, 21 March) must be received by the VEC by 5.00pm, Thursday, 23 February.

Making submissions

All submissions can be made via:

the online submission form
email at melbourne.review@vec.vic.gov.au
post to VEC, Level 11, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000

View public submissions

Melbourne City Council - Preliminary Submissions
Melbourne City Council - Response Submissions

Public information sessionsTop

Three public information sessions were held at the following times in the Council Meeting Room, Level 2, Town Hall Administration Building, 120 Swanston Street, Melbourne:

5.00pm on Monday, 7 November
12.30pm on Wednesday, 9 November
7.00pm on Thursday, 10 November

Public hearingTop

A public hearing will be held at 5.00pm on Wednesday, 29 February in the Council Meeting Room, Level 2, Town Hall Administration Building, 120 Swanston Street, Melbourne.

Only those who have requested to speak in support of their response submissions can do so at this hearing.

ReportsTop

2012 VEC reports

Preliminary Report - Electoral Representation Review of Melbourne City Council (PDF, 1.7MB, DOC, 3.8MB).
Final Report - Electoral Representation Review of Melbourne City Council (available on Wednesday, 21 March).

Maps of Preliminary Report options

The Preliminary Options can be viewed on Google Earth by clicking on the links below. You will need to download Google Earth to view these maps.
- Option A (KML, 25kB)
- Option B (KML, 25kB)
- Option C (KML, 33kB)
- Option D (KML, 49kB)
- Option E (KML, 33kB)
- Option F (KML, 47kB)
The Preliminary Options are available in zipped MapInfo format. You will need MapInfo GIS software to view this data.
- Preliminary Options (ZIP, 36kB)
Preliminary Options are also available in Google maps.
- Option A
- Option B
- Option C
- Option D
- Option E
- Option F