Federal seat redistribution implications of bias to small tweaks
Federal seat redistribution implications of bias to small tweaks
Michael Lester,  Ben Raue

Federal seat redistribution implications of bias to small tweaks

The Australian Electoral Commission has announced proposed redistributions of the boundaries of federal election seats with NSW losing a seat (North Sydney), while Victoria and Western Australia each gained a seat with the average number in a NSW seat, increased from the current 118,000 to 121,000 and expected to grow to about 130,000 by 2028.

Michael Lester discusses the reasons and implications of these proposed changes at the national and state levels, and particularly for the northern beaches and Sydney independent-held seats with Ben Raue, founder and writer of the website The Tally Room_._

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Michael Lester

Michael Lester is a public policy economist with a career in Commonwealth and State agencies, World Bank and OECD. His interests include innovation, environment, and governance. He presents programs on community radio.

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