	{"id":74880,"date":"2021-04-08T04:57:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=74880"},"modified":"2021-04-08T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T22:00:52","slug":"redistribution-has-big-impacts-on-shire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/redistribution-has-big-impacts-on-shire\/","title":{"rendered":"Redistribution has big impacts on Shire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Australian Electoral Commission has released proposed adjustments to Federal electorates in Victoria and they potentially include big changes in Golden Plains.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, Victoria is getting an extra electorate due to population growth and that\u2019s resulted in a new division, set to be named Hawke after former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, located east of Ballarat and taking in Bacchus Marsh and Melton.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74882\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74882\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/04\/DSC_6050-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Ballarat Catherine King. Photo: FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In turn that would see the current western portion of the Ballarat electorate redistributed into Golden Plains, with all but Bannockburn and localities south-east of there, like Batesford and Stonehaven, joining Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>If the changes are approved, it wouldn\u2019t be the first-time parts of Golden Plains were included in the Federal electorate of Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the 2004 national poll small segments from the north-east of the Shire voted in the Ballarat electoral division.<\/p>\n<p>Current Labor member for Ballarat, Catherine King, welcomed the proposed changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGolden Plains is a region I know well,\u201d she said. \u201cParts of the Shire council have been included in the Ballarat electorate previously and I would be excited to once again be those communities\u2019 voice in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to continuing to represent the diverse communities that make up the seat of Ballarat and listening to the needs of the many communities that may come within the seat in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently the Shire is split geographically about 50\/50 between Wannon in the north-west and Corangamite in the south-east.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the redistribution Corangamite would be renamed to Tucker, after Yorta Yorta women and Aboriginal rights campaigner Elizabeth Tucker, with the electorate losing parts of the Otway\u2019s due to population growth around Geelong.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Parliament recently, current member for Corangamite Libby Coker said she backed the name change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I love being the member for Corangamite, I wholeheartedly believe that this is the right decision,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74883\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74883\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/04\/20190507001398253479-minihighres-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/04\/20190507001398253479-minihighres-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2021\/04\/20190507001398253479-minihighres.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Corangamite Libby Coker. Photo: AAP IMAGE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCorangamite takes its name from Lake Corangamite. The name is from the Gulidjan word <em>koraiyn<\/em>, meaning bitter or salty. But I am neither bitter nor salty about this decision to rename the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 151 electorates in this place. Only 17 are named after a woman. The number of electorates named after a First Nations person is even smaller &#8211; only seven. We have more electorates named after former prime ministers than we do women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the electorate of Wannon, which is currently represented by Federal Trade Minister Dan Tehan and includes all of south-west Victoria from Ross Creek to the South Australian boarder, would be removed from Golden Plains altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The AEC is currently seeking feedback on the proposed changes to electorates across Victoria, including those that affect Golden Plains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the proposal, the boundaries of all but nine of Victoria\u2019s existing electoral divisions would change,\u201d said chair of the committee responsible for the changes, and electoral commissioner, Tom Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOngoing population growth in parts of Victoria has led the redistribution committee to propose a number of substantial changes to some of the state\u2019s electoral division boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the AEC said, \u201cThe best way to lodge an objection is online,\u201d however feedback is also being taken via email to <a href=\"mailto:FedRedistribution-VIC@aec.gov.au\"><strong>FedRedistribution-VIC@aec.gov.au<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 post at <strong>The Australian Electoral Commission (Att: Redistribution Secretariat), GPO Box 768, Melbourne, 3001<\/strong>, and fax on <strong>03 6293 7664<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3wuQR77\"><strong>bit.ly\/3wuQR77<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Australian Electoral Commission has released proposed adjustments to Federal electorates in Victoria and they potentially include big changes in Golden Plains. 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