THREE proposed structures for the State Government mandated realignment of municipal electoral wards in the City of Greater Bendigo have been released.<\/p>\n
Prepared by the Victorian Electoral commission, voters at the 2024 council election will go to the polls in a nine-ward, single councillor model, replacing the current three-ward, three councillor system.<\/p>\n
Currently out for public feedback are three nine-ward models, each with different boundaries.<\/p>\n
Two of the options predominately feature three rural\/ urban fridge wards and six metropolitan ridings, and the last offers six rural\/ urban wards with three electorates based on inner Bendigo.<\/p>\n
The options were put together by a what the VEC report describes as an \u201cindependent electoral structure review panel appointed by the Minister for Local Government\u201d with the group looking at issues like ward names and boundaries.<\/p>\n
The report also says that the panel considered the number of wards and councillors for the City of Greater Bendigo municipal electoral structure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe panel is now seeking feedback on the preliminary electoral structure models,\u201d the report says. \u201cYou can make a response submission to the preliminary models until 5 pm Wednesday 19 July.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf any response submitters wish to speak at a public hearing, the panel will hold an online public hearing on Tuesday 25 July.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing this, the panel will present its final recommendation to the Minister on Wednesday 23 August.\u201d<\/p>\n
The preliminary report and proposed models are available at the VEC website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THREE proposed structures for the State Government mandated realignment of municipal electoral wards in the City of Greater Bendigo have been released. Prepared by the Victorian Electoral commission, voters at the 2024 council election will go to the polls in a nine-ward, single councillor model, replacing the current three-ward, three councillor system. Currently out for […]<\/p>\n