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Appendix A: Resources

Resources

This appendix provides details of the AEC’s resources and expenses in 2017–18, as required by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Requirements for annual reports for departments, executive agencies and other non corporate commonwealth entities, 25 June 2015.

The tables in this appendix correspond to tables in the Portfolio Budget Statements 2017–18 and staff statistics, namely:

the Agency Resource Statement, which provides information about the various funding sources that the AEC was able to draw on during the year (Table 4)
expenses and resources by outcome, showing the detail of Budget appropriations and total resourcing for Outcome 1 (Table 5)
Average staffing levels from 2015–16 to 2017–18 (Table 6)

Table 4: Agency resource statement 2017–18
		Actual appropriation for 2017–18 $’000	Payments made for 2017–18 $’000	Balance remaining 2017–18 $’000
Ordinary annual services^a
Prior Year Departmental appropriation		83,179	80,148	3,031
Departmental appropriation^b		168,668	54,135	114,533
Section 74 relevant agency receipts		18,043	18,043	-
Total ordinary annual services	A	269,890	152,326	117,564
Special appropriations
Special appropriations limited by criteria/entitlement
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Administered)		730	730	-
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Departmental)		14,900	14,900	-
Total special appropriations	B	15,630	15,630	-
Special accounts^c
Opening balance		1,285	0
Non-appropriation receipts to special accounts		55	0
Payments made		0	12
Total special accounts	C	1,340	12
Total resourcing (A + B + C )		286,860	167,968
Total net resourcing for agency		286,860	167,968

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2017–18 and Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2017–18. This also includes prior year departmental appropriation and section 74 relevant agency receipts.
Includes an amount of $22.370 million in 2017–18 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
Includes ‘Special Public Money’ held in accounts like Other Trust Monies accounts (OTM), Services for other Government and Non agency Bodies accounts (SOG) or Services for Other Entities and Trust Moneys Special accounts (SOETM).

Table 5: Expenses and resources for Outcome 1
	Budget ^a 2017-18 $’000	Actual expenses 2017-18 $’000	Variation $’000
Program 1.1
Administered expenses
Special appropriations	644	618	26
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation ^b	164,341	148,127	16,214
Special appropriations	14,900	14,900	0
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	8,206	9,500	(1,294)
Total for Program 1.1	188,091	173,145	14,946
Total expenses for Outcome 1	188,091	173,145	14,946

Full-year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2017–18 Budget at Additional Estimates.
Departmental appropriation combines ‘Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1)’ and ‘Revenue from independent sources (section 74)’, and excludes Departmental Capital Budget.

Table 6: Average staffing levels 2015–16 to 2017–18
	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Average staffing level (number)	819	809	795

Appendix B: Governance

Business planning documents

Table 7: Business planning documents
Document	Purpose	Reviewed
Business Planning and Performance Reporting Framework	Supports staff to deliver outcomes in the AEC corporate plan, manage resources and finances and supports requirements of the PGPA Act.	Annually
Business Plans (Branch/state and territory)	Align branch and state and territory activities with business planning and reporting.	Annually
Election Readiness Framework	Sets out and monitors the program of activity required to maintain election readiness.	Every election cycle
Information Technology Strategic Plan	Sets the AEC’s desired information technology vision to 2020 and is supported by the IT Architecture Plan.	Annually
Fraud Control Plan	To prevent, detect and respond to fraud in accordance with Commonwealth law, fraud control policies and memorandums of understanding.	Every two years (or if significant organisational change occurs)
Strategic Risk Management Plan	Details strategic risks that affect the AEC and how these will be managed.	Biannually
Assurance Plan	Outlines assurance activities that target the AEC’s key/high-risk business processes.	Annually
Internal Audit Plan	Sets the internal audit program for the financial year (contained within the Assurance Plan).	Annually
Business Continuity Plans	Ensures continuation of identified time critical business processes during and following a significant disruption to normal operations.	Annually
Disability Inclusion Strategy	Identifies relevant target outcomes from the National Disability Strategy 2010–2020.	Reported on annually
Reconciliation Action Plan	Sets activities to recognise and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in internal and external arrangements and activities.	Annually
Property Plan	Direction on long-term management of leased property.	Annually
Security Plan	Strategies to protect staff, visitors, information, equipment and premises against harm, loss, interference and compromise.	Biannually
Division, Branch/state Workforce Plans	The continuous process of identifying and mitigating potential workforce risks and plan future workforce strategies.	Biannually
AEC Strategic Workforce Plan	Examines workforce issues at the organisational level, informed by the division, branch and state workforce plans.	Annually

AEC management committees and discussion forums

Table 8: AEC management committees
Committee	Function	Members*	Meeting frequency
Executive Leadership Team (ELT)	Senior management team helping to deliver strategic leadership and operational management.	EC, DEC, FAC Capability, FAC Network and Elections Operations/ National Election Manager.	Weekly
Organisational Health Committee	Monitors performance, risk management, compliance and controls. Provides advice and recommendations to the ELT.	DEC; FAC Capability; FAC Network and Election Operations; National Elections Manager; AC Corporate Services; Chief Finance Officer; AC Disclosure, Assurance and Engagement; State Manager, NSW; State Manager, WA.	Monthly
Capability Committee	Monitors organisational capability and progresses projects to support strategic direction. Monitors project outputs and significant organisational initiatives, and provides advice on future capability.	FAC Capability; FAC Network and Election Operations /National Election Manager; Chief Finance Officer; AC Roll Management and Community Engagement; AC Information, Communication and Technology; State Manager, QLD; State Manager, Tas; Program Manager, Supply Chain.	Monthly
Learning Governance Committee	Provides whole of agency governance to learning and development. Sets strategic direction and operating models and guides the National Training and Education Unit.	DEC, FAC Network and Election Operations/National Election Manager, AC Corporate Services, AC Operations, AC Information, Communication and Technology, State Manager, QLD, State Manager NSW, Director Operations, Vic.	Every three weeks
Business Assurance Committee (BAC)	The AEC’s Audit Committee. Provides independent advice on the AEC’s internal audit resourcing and coverage in relation to key risks. Approves the internal audit program and oversees the operation of audit committees and fraud control under the PGPA Act.	Three or more members appointed by EC (the majority external to AEC); additional AEC advisers are permitted to attend. In 2017–18, BAC had four members and three AEC advisers.	Quarterly
Fraud Control Committee (FCC)	Subcommittee of BAC. Advises BAC on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the AEC’s fraud control plans, policies and procedures.	AC Roll Management and Community Engagement Branch; AC Information, Communication and Technology Branch; State Manager Vic; State Manager, SA; Chief Legal Officer (observer); Chief Finance Officer (observer).	Quarterly
National Election Delivery Committee (NEDC)	Supports the National Election Manager (NEM) to oversee and monitor preparations for, and successful conduct of, federal electoral events (including by-elections, plebiscites and referendums). The NEM reports regularly on behalf of the NEDC to ELT and the Electoral Commissioner.	FAC Network and Elections Operations/ National Election Manager; all State Managers; AC’s (membership expands approaching elections).	Regularly; monthly, weekly or daily as required (i.e. in run-up to an election)
Security Committee	Provides strategic oversight of the AEC’s protective and IT security programs.	DEC, FAC Capability, FAC Network and Elections Operations/ National Election Manager, AC Corporate Services Branch, AC Information, Communication and Technology Branch, State Managers, NSW and Vic.	Monthly, with more meetings as required (i.e. in run-up to an election)
Work health and safety committees	A consultative forum to address health and safety at a national and strategic level, with reference to the requirements of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011.	Chair; management representatives; employee representatives; advisers from Corporate Services Branch.	Quarterly, and out-of-session as required

* Electoral Commissioner (EC); Deputy Electoral Commissioner (DEC); First Assistant Commissioners (FAC); Assistant Commissioner’s (AC)

Table 9: AEC discussion forums
Forum name	Function	Members*	Meeting frequency
Director Operations Network	To support NEDC (see Table 8) and other bodies through project work. Forum to discuss risk, issues facing the operational network, operational policy and procedures, implementation issues and change, and to provide feedback to the NEDC.	All directors of operations.	Fortnightly with at least three face-to-face meetings a year.
National Office Directors Network	To enable directors to collectively influence strategy and operations, present new ideas and opportunities, raise operational risks, and promote engagement with AEC governance organisation-wide.	FAC capability; all directors (EL2 officers) working in National Office.	Quarterly
AEC Consultative Forums (national and state and territory)	To support effective workplace relations that value communication, consultation and cooperation.	FAC capability; AC Corporate Services Branch; State Manager; three elected employee representatives; Union Representative Delegate or Nominee.	Bi-monthly as required

* First Assistant Commissioners (FAC); Assistant Commissioner’s (AC)

Appendix C: Commonwealth Electoral Roll information

Enrolment rate and enrolled population

Figure 4: Enrolment rate – trend from 9 October 2004 to 30 June 2018

Commonwealth Electoral Roll extracts

Table 10: Recipients of electoral roll extracts July 2017–June 2018
Name	Electorate/State	Roll data provided	Date provided
The Hon Linda Burney MP	Member for Barton	Barton	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Mr Andrew Gee MP	Member for Calare	Calare	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Mr Andrew Hastie MP	Member for Canning	Canning	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Mr Andrew Wilkie MP	Member for Clark	Clark	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Mr George Christensen MP	Member for Dawson	Dawson	Apr 2018 – Jun 2018
Mr Ted O’Brien MP	Member for Fairfax	Fairfax	Apr 2018 – May 2018
Ms Catherine McGowan AO, MP	Member for Indi	Indi	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
The Hon Robert Katter MP	Member for Kennedy	Kennedy	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Ms Susan Lamb MP	Member for Longman	Longman	Jul 2017 – Apr 2018
Ms Rebekha Sharkie MP	Member for Mayo	Mayo	Jul 2017 – Apr 2018
The Hon Karen Andrews	Member for McPherson	McPherson	Apr 2018
Mr Adam Bandt MP	Member for Melbourne	Melbourne	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
The Hon Damian Drum MP	Member for Murray	Murray	Jul 2017 – May 2018
Senator Brian Burston	Senator for New South Wales	New South Wales	May 2018
Senator Sam Dastyari	Senator for New South Wales	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Dec 2017
Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Senator for New South Wales	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator the Hon Marise Payne	Senator for New South Wales	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Lee Rhiannon	Senator for New South Wales	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator the Hon Arthur Sinodinos	Senator for New South Wales	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator John Williams	Senator for New South Wales	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Pauline Hanson	Senator for Queensland	Queensland	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald	Senator for Queensland	Queensland	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Barry O’Sullivan	Senator for Queensland	Queensland	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Cory Bernardi	Senator for South Australia	South Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham	Senator for South Australia	South Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Stirling Griff	Senator for South Australia	South Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore	Senator for South Australia	South Australia	Jul2016 – Nov 2017
Senator the Hon Anne Ruston	Senator for South Australia	South Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Nicholas Xenophon	Senator for South Australia	South Australia	Jul 2017 – Nov 2017
Senator Nicholas McKim	Senator for Tasmania	Tasmania	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator the Hon Stephen Parry	Senator for Tasmania	Tasmania	Jul 2017 – Nov 2017
Senator the Hon Lisa Singh	Senator for Tasmania	Tasmania	Jul 2017 – Nov 2018
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson	Senator for Tasmania	Tasmania	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Christopher Back	Senator for Western Australia	Western Australia	Jul 2017
Senator Peter Georgiou	Senator for Western Australia	Western Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Senator Dean Smith	Senator for Western Australia	Western Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018

Table 11: Roll information for registered political parties – parties provided with electoral roll extracts
Registered political party	Roll data provided	Date provided
Animal Justice Party	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 Mar 2018 – May 2018
Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Nov 2017
Australian Christians	Western Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Australian Conservatives Party	National South Australia	Aug 2017 – Jun 2018 Jul 2017
Australian Country Party	Victoria	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Australian Greens	National	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Australian Labor Party (ALP)	National	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Australian Liberty Alliance	Victoria	May 2018 – Jun 2018
Australian Sex Party	Victoria	Jul 2017 – Aug 2017
Centre Alliance	South Australia	Nov 2017 – Jun 2018
Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Family First Party	Victoria, South Australia, Queensland	Jul 2017 – Sep 2017
Health Australia Party	Victoria	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Jacqui Lambie Network	Tasmania	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Liberal Democratic Party	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
	Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia	Apr 2018 – Jun 2018
Liberal National Party of Queensland	Queensland	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Liberal Party of Australia	National	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division)	South Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
National Party of Australia	New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
National Party of Australia – Victoria	Victoria	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
National Party of Australia – (SA) Inc.	South Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation	Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia	Jul 2017 – May 2018
Queensland Greens	Queensland	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Republican Party of Australia	New South Wales	Nov 2017 – Jun 2018
Rise Up Australia Party	Victoria	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Science Party	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
The Greens NSW	New South Wales	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
The Greens – Victoria Branch	Victoria	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
The Greens (WA) Inc.	Western Australia	Jul 2017 – Jun 2018
Voluntary Euthanasia Party	New South Wales	Mar 2018

Recipients of roll information

Table 12: Government departments and agencies that received electoral extracts, as at July 2017–June 2018
Institution	Data provided
	Aug 2017	Nov 2017	Feb 2018	May 2018
Australian Bureau of Statistics	—	Yes	—	—
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	Yes	Yes		—
Australian Federal Police	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australian Financial Security Authority	—	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	Yes	Yes		Yes
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australian Taxation Office	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Commonwealth Superannuation Commission	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	Yes	—	—	—
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Australian Passport Office	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Department of Human Services – Centrelink	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Home Affairs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Table 13: Medical and electoral researchers provided with electoral roll extracts, July 2017–June 2018
Contact, institution	Data provided
Electoral researchers
Associate Professor Betsy Blunsdon, Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated	Two random samples of 2,500 records of men and women in two-year age ranges across all states and territories for the study: ‘2017–18 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes: Role of Government’.

Table 14: Provision of electoral roll information to organisations verifying identity for financial purposes, July 2017–June 2018
Institution	Data provided
	Aug 2017	Feb 2018	May 2018
FCS OnLine (Dunn and Bradstreet /Illion)	Yes	Yes	Yes
VEDA Advantage Information Services and Solutions Ltd (EQUIFAX)	Yes	Yes	Yes

Appendix D: Electoral events data

Special Senate counts voting data

Table 15: Results from Senate special counts conducted in 2017–18
State	Date of Special Count	Vacancies	Former Senator	Elected Senator
QLD	6 Nov 2017	2	Larissa Waters	Andrew Bartlett
			Malcolm Roberts	Fraser Anning
WA	6 Nov 2017	1	Scott Ludlam	Jordan Steele-John
NSW	6 Nov 2017	1	Fiona Nash	*
	22 Nov 2017	1	*	Andrew James Molan
TAS	12 Dec 2017	2	Stephen Parry	Richard Colbeck
			Jacquie Lambie	Steven Martin
SA	15 Feb 2018	1	Skye Kakoschke-Moore	Timothy Storer
ACT	18 May 2018	1	Katy Gallagher	David Smith

*On 10 November 2017 the Court of Disputed Returns considered the report of the results of the special count and deferred a decision. On 15 November 2017 the Court determined that Hollie Hughes was ineligible to be elected and ordered an additional special count to be conducted in New South Wales.

By-elections voting data

Table 16: By-elections conducted during 2017–18
By–election	Polling day	Result declared	No. of candidates	Former member	Elected member
New England	2 Dec 2017	6 Dec 2017	17	Barnaby Joyce	Barnaby Joyce
Bennelong	16 Dec.2017	21 December 2017	12	John Alexander	John Alexander
Batman	17 Mar 2018	21 Mar 2018	10	David Feeney	Ged Kearney

Table 17: Key voting data for each 2017 by-election*
Vote type	Ordinary		Absent		Provisional		Declaration pre-poll		Postal		Total
Division	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Batman	48 polling places (incl. pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)
Formal	74,059	93.40	0	0	322	95.27	196	98.99	10,827	96.47	85,404	93.79
Informal	5,236	6.60	0	0	16	4.73	2	1.01	396	3.53	5,650	6.21
Total Votes	79,295	87.09	0	0	338	0.37	198	0.22	11,223	12.33	91,054	81.46*
Bennelong	41 polling places (incl. pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)
Formal	71,951	91.37	0	0	208	86.31	179	95.21	11,807	95.18	84,145	91.88
Informal	6,796	8.63	0	0	33	13.69	9	4.79	598	4.82	7,436	8.12
Total Votes	78,747	85.99	0	0	241	0.26	188	0.21	12,405	13.55	91,581	85.96*
New England	108 polling places (incl. pre-poll voting places, special hospital teams and divisional office)
Formal	82,496	90.82	0	0	211	90.95	396	93.18	4,720	95.37	87,823	91.06
Informal	8,339	9.18	0	0	21	9.05	29	6.82	229	4.63	8,618	8.94
Total Votes	90,835	94.19	0	0	232	0.24	425	0.44	4,949	5.13	96,441	87.13*

*These total percentage figures reflect the turnout (total votes as a percentage of enrolment).

Appendix E: Public awareness data

Advertising and market research

The AEC did not conduct a national advertising campaign in 2017–18.

Non-campaign newspaper advertisements supported federal redistributions, by-elections and party registration processes.

Table 18 shows payments of $13,500 or more (GST inclusive) to advertising agencies and market research, polling, direct mail and media advertising organisations, as required under section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. Figures reflect payments above the threshold unless otherwise specified (there were no payments of $13,500 or more to polling or direct mail organisations).

Table 18: Advertising and media placement payments, $13,500 or more
Agency type	Agency name	Details	Amount (GST inclusive)
Advertising agency	BMF Advertising	Creative head hours associated with AEC advertising campaigns.	$24,912.25
Market research	Orima	Refinement testing of AEC federal election advertising campaigns.	$103,789.62
Media advertising organisations	Dentsu Mitchell*	Advertising placement including electoral redistributions; party registrations and non-campaign advertising associated with by-elections in the divisions of New England, Bennelong and Batman.	$457,855.41
Total			$586,557.28

*Due to the way payments are reported to the AEC, figures from Dentsu Mitchell include invoices below the threshold

Appendix F: Electoral redistribution data

Electoral redistributions concluded and commenced

Table 19: Summary of electoral redistributions concluded in 2017–18
Electoral redistributions	Tasmania	Queensland
Basis for AEC’s determination triggering a redistribution	More than seven years had elapsed since the last redistribution was determined. Tasmania retained its entitlement to five members of the House of Representatives	More than seven years had elapsed since the last redistribution was determined. Queensland retained its entitlement to 30 members of the House of Representatives
Direction to commence redistribution	1 September 2016	6 January 2017
Release of Redistribution Committee’s proposed redistribution	5 May 2017	29 September 2017
Public input relating to the proposed redistribution	There were 11 written objections received between 5 May and 2 June 2017	There were 23 written objections received between 29 September and 27 October 2018
Public input relating to the proposed redistribution	Eight written comments on objections were received between 5 June and 16 June 2017	Six written comments on objections were received between 30 October and 10 November 2018
Augmented Electoral Commission activities	Inquiries held: six submissions were made at the inquiry held in Launceston and five were made at the inquiry held in Hobart Decision: Augmented Electoral Commission’s proposed redistribution was significantly different to the Redistribution Committee’s proposal, requiring a further objections process Announcement of decision: 20 July 2017	Inquiries held: four submissions were made at the inquiry held in Brisbane Decision: adopt the proposed redistribution Announcement of decision: 5 January 2018
Public input relating to augmented Electoral Commission’s proposed redistribution	Twenty-two written further objections were received between 20 July and 26 July 2017	Not required
Augmented Electoral Commission activities	Inquiries held: 10 submissions were made at the inquiry held in Launceston on 7 August 2017 Decision: adopt the augmented Electoral Commission’s proposal Announcement of decision: 27 September 2017	Not required
Gazettal of determination of names and boundaries of electoral divisions	14 November 2017	27 March 2018

Table 20: Summary of electoral redistributions commenced in 2017–18
Electoral redistributions	Victoria	Australian Capital Territory	South Australia
Basis for AEC’s determination triggering a redistribution	On 31 August 2017 the Electoral Commissioner determined that the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen by Victoria at a general election had increased from 37 to 38	On 31 August 2017 the Electoral Commissioner determined that the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen by the Australian Capital Territory at a general election had increased from two to three	On 31 August 2017 the Electoral Commissioner determined that the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen by South Australia at a general election had decreased from 11 to 10
Direction to commence redistribution	4 September 2017	4 September 2017	4 September 2017
Public input relating to the redistribution	There were 67 federal written suggestions received between 18 October and 17 November 2017	There were 16 written suggestions received between 25 October and 24 November 2017	There were 211 written suggestions received between 1 November and 1 December 2017
Public input relating to the redistribution	There were 58 written comments on suggestions received between 20 November and 1 December 2017	Six written comments on suggestions were received between 27 November and 8 December 2017	There were 32 written comments on suggestions received between 4 December and 15 December 2017
Release of Redistribution Committee’s proposed redistribution	6 April 2018	6 April 2018	3 April 2018
Public input relating to the proposed redistribution	There were 413 written objections received between 6 April and 4 May 2018 There were 100 written comments on objections received between 7 May and 18 May 2018	There were 75 written objections received between 6 April and 4 May 2018 There were 30 written comments on objections received between 7 May and 18 May 2018	There were 321 written objections received between 13 April and 11 May 2018 There were 42 written comments on objections received between 14 May and 25 May 2018
Augmented Electoral Commission activities	Inquiries held: 36 submissions were made at the inquiry held in Winchelsea and 35 submissions were held at the inquiry held in Melbourne Decision: adopt the proposed redistribution, with changes Announcement of decision: 20 June 2018	Inquiries held: 26 submissions were made at the inquiry held in Canberra Decision: adopt the proposed redistribution with changes Announcement of decision: during 2018–19	Inquiries held: 11 submissions were made at the inquiry held in Adelaide Decision: adopt the proposed redistribution Announcement of decision: 26 June 2018

Appendix G: Political party registrations and financial disclosure data

Breakdown of details of annual financial disclosure returns and amendments

Annual financial disclosure returns and amendments received in 2017–18 include:

670 annual financial disclosure returns and amendments three election returns from the 2016 federal election
554 returns and 28 amendments for the 2016–17 financial year
103 returns and 92 amendments for the 2015–16 financial year
13 returns and 11 amendments relating to returns received before 2015–16

Details of funding payments for 2017–18 by-elections

Table 21: 2017 New England by-election payment to political parties and candidates
Political party/candidate	Amount
National Party of Australia (NSW)	$152,992.17
Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch)	$ 26,199.94
Robert Edwin Taber	$ 15,989.90
The Greens NSW	$ 10,261.02
Total	$205,443.03

Table 22: 2017 Bennelong by-election payment to political parties
Political party/candidate	Amount
Liberal Party of Australia	$101,692.46
Australian Labor Party	$ 80,727.68
The Greens NSW	$ 15,262.72
Australian Conservatives	$ 9,684.10
Total	$207,366.96

Table 23: 2018 Batman by-election payment to political parties
Political party/candidate	Amount
Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)	$ 99,644.46
The Australian Greens	$ 91,219.04
Australian Conservatives	$ 14,797.91
Total	$205,661.41

Details of Party registrations

Table 24: Party registration related applications and requests 2017–18
Application/requests	Approved
Register a new political party	2
Voluntarily deregister a political party	6
Political party deregistered by a delegate of the Electoral Commission	8
Change party details (including name, abbreviation and logo)	2
Update party office holder information – change registered officer	23
Update party office holder information – change other party officials	85

Appendix H: Workforce statistics

Table 25: APS ongoing staff demographics as at 30 June 2017 and 30 June 2018
Location	Classification	Female part-time		Female full-time		Male part-time		Male full-time		Total
Location	Classification	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
NSW
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	EL 2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	3
	EL 1	1	0	7	4	0	0	5	6	13	10
	APS 6	2	3	24	27	0	0	14	13	40	43
	APS 5	0	0	9	12	0	0	8	7	17	19
	APS 4	1	1	9	6	0	0	2	5	12	12
	APS 3	4	2	23	23	0	0	5	7	32	32
	APS 2	22	33	3	6	3	2	1	1	29	42
Total		30	39	77	81	3	2	36	39	146	161
Vic
	AEO	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	EL 2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
	EL 1	0	0	6	8	0	0	2	1	8	9
	APS 6	0	0	24	21	0	0	22	19	46	40
	APS 5	1	1	4	6	0	0	2	0	7	7
	APS 4	0	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	4	6
	APS 3	5	3	22	21	0	0	4	5	31	29
	APS 2	26	22	4	2	2	1	1	1	33	26
Total		32	27	66	64	3	2	31	26	132	119
Qld
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	EL 1	0	0	4	5	0	0	3	2	7	7
	APS 6	0	0	15	14	0	0	7	8	22	22
	APS 5	1	0	10	10	0	0	7	5	18	15
	APS 4	0	0	8	7	0	0	1	1	9	8
	APS 3	5	4	13	17	0	0	3	3	21	24
	APS 2	16	18	6	6	0	0	1	0	23	24
Total		22	22	56	59	0	0	23	20	101	101
WA
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	EL 1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	2
	APS 6	0	0	6	8	0	0	6	4	12	12
	APS 5	0	0	8	10	0	0	4	3	12	13
	APS 4	2	0	5	3	0	0	1	0	8	3
	APS 3	4	3	10	12	0	0	0	0	14	15
	APS 2	11	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	11	11
Total		17	10	30	38	0	0	14	9	61	57
SA
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	EL 1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	4
	APS 6	0	0	8	7	0	0	1	1	9	8
	APS 5	0	0	4	3	0	0	2	4	6	7
	APS 4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	3
	APS 3	0	1	7	4	0	0	2	0	9	5
	APS 2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total		3	1	24	21	0	0	9	7	36	29
Tas
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2
	APS 6	1	0	3	5	0	0	1	0	5	5
	APS 5	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	5	3
	APS 4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	APS 3	1	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	5	5
	APS 2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
Total		4	2	10	12	0	0	5	5	19	19
ACT
	SES Band 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2
	SES Band 1	1	0	4	5	0	0	5	4	10	9
	EL 2	1	0	18	20	0	1	16	11	35	32
	EL 1	11	9	41	38	4	2	37	37	93	86
	APS 6	6	7	42	31	0	2	29	23	77	63
	APS 5	3	1	18	14	1	0	12	14	34	29
	APS 4	7	9	13	17	0	1	4	7	24	34
	APS 3	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	5	5	7
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2
Total		30	26	139	127	5	8	108	103	282	264
NT
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	APS 6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	APS 5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
	APS 4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	APS 3	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
	APS 2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total		0	0	8	2	0	0	4	3	12	5
AEC total		138	127	410	404	11	12	230	212	789	755

* including staff on higher duties arrangements

AEO = Australian Electoral Officer, APS = Australian Public Service, SES = Senior Executive Service. Figures include all ongoing staff employed at 30 June 2018 under the Public Service Act 1999. ACT electoral divisions are co-located with National Office employees in the ACT. Source: Aurion HR System.

Table 26: APS non-ongoing staff* demographics as at 30 June 2017 and 30 June 2018
Location	Classification	Female part-time		Female full-time		Male part-time		Male full-time		Total
Location	Classification	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
NSW
	EL 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	APS 6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total		1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	1
Vic
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	EL 1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total		0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	3
Qld
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2
	APS 5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	3
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
	APS 2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total		1	0	2	2	0	1	2	4	5	7
WA
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4
SA
	EL 1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	4
	APS 2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5
Total		1	4	0	3	1	1	0	3	2	11
Tas
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
ACT
	SES Band 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
	EL 1	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	4	6
	APS 6	1	1	2	3	0	2	2	2	5	8
	APS 5	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	3	5	7
	APS 4	6	1	4	6	0	0	2	0	12	7
	APS 3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total		8	2	12	16	1	2	8	10	29	30
NT
	AEO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AEC total		11	8	16	27	2	4	13	19	42	58

* including staff on higher duties arrangements

Table 27: Staff employed under the *Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918* by demographics as at 30 June 2017 and 30 June 2018
Location	Classification	Female part-time		Female full-time		Male part-time		Male full-time		Total
Location	Classification	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
NSW
	AEO NSW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Vic
	AEO VIC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Qld
	AEO QLD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
WA
	AEO WA	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
SA
	AEO SA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Tas
	AEO TAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
ACT
	Electoral Commissioner	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	Deputy Electoral Commissioner	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	SES Band 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
NT
	AEO NT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	EL 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	APS 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NT Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AEC total		0	0	1	1	0	0	5	7	6	8

* including staff on higher duties arrangements

Table 28: Statutory appointments under the *Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918* as of 30 June 2018
Statutory appointments under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Position	Legislative provision for existence of role	Current occupant	Current term
Electoral Commissioner Australian Electoral Commission	Subsection 18(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Tom Rogers	Five years from 15/12/2014
Deputy Electoral Commissioner	Subsection 19(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Jeff Pope APM	Five years from 19/12/2016
Australian Electoral Officer NSW	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Warwick Austin	Five years from 02/11/2017
Australian Electoral Officer Vic	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Steve Kennedy	Five years from 15/06/2017
Australian Electoral Officer Qld	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Thomas Ryan	Five years from 03/09/2015
Australian Electoral Officer WA	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Fleur Hill	Five years from 23/03/2017
Australian Electoral Officer SA	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Martyn Hagan	Five years from 8/12/2016
Australian Electoral Officer Tas	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	David Molnar	Five years from 8/12/2016
Australian Electoral Officer NT	Subsection 20(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	Vacant 1	Vacant. Term not to exceed seven years
Chairperson Australian Electoral Commission	Subsection 6(2)(a) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	The Hon. Dennis Cowdroy OAM QC	Five years from 23/03/2015
Non-judicial member Australian Electoral Commission	Subsection 6(2)(c) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918	David Kalisch	Five years from 30/04/2015

1. These duties are being performed by Adrian McCabe in an acting capacity.

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Appendices

Appendices

Appendix A: Resources

Resources

Appendix B: Governance

Business planning documents

AEC management committees and discussion forums

Appendix C: Commonwealth Electoral Roll information

Enrolment rate and enrolled population

Commonwealth Electoral Roll extracts

Recipients of roll information

Appendix D: Electoral events data

Special Senate counts voting data

By-elections voting data

Appendix E: Public awareness data

Advertising and market research

Appendix F: Electoral redistribution data

Electoral redistributions concluded and commenced

Appendix G: Political party registrations and financial disclosure data

Breakdown of details of annual financial disclosure returns and amendments

Details of funding payments for 2017–18 by-elections

Details of Party registrations

Appendix H: Workforce statistics