The Federal Redistribution 2010
Victoria
Further Objection Number 150
Andrew Mooney
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Objection to the Augmented Electoral Commission 's Proposal
Redist ribution Secret ariat
Aust rali an Elect oral Comm ission
GPO Bo x 9867
Melbo u rne Victo ri a 8060
2 B OCT 2010
Dear Com mittee Mem be rs,
As a Victo rian reg ist ere d vote r in th e Federal Elect orate o f Calwe ll, I w ish t o st rongly
object t o t he p rop osed sp litting of t he suburb o f Craig ieb urn via th e mai n road o f
Cralgie bu m (Craigieb u rn Ro ad We st) into t wo separate Fed era l Elect orat es be ing
Ca lwell and McEwen.
I w ish t o point out that Craigie burn is one town, one comm unity and th at it shoul d
_ not be di vided by electoral boun dari es. This w ill split our co m m unity i nto tw.~o",.
Key reasons fo r th is objec t ion include:
1. A Feder al M emb er o f Parli am ent pro vid es a voice for the co m m unity in t he
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Au st ralian Parliam ent . Craig iebu rn residents should be repr esent ed by one
voice, w het her t hey live north or sout h of th e m ain road.
Craigieb urn is a growing u rba nised community and t o ensu re we receive
ade quate infrast ru ctu re th at grows as t he com m unity does, we need one
vo ice re pre sent ing our views .
Craigie burn is a h isto rica lly signifi cant tow n th at has had recent commu nity
work t o br idge older Crai giebu rn wi t h new er areas o f th is growing town. Your
proposed division takes a sledgeham m er to th e wo rk o f our com m unity
volu nt eers working to unit e our t ow n.
Craigie burn is one subu rb, one com m unity, and di viding it wo uld be very
detrimen tal t o our n eighbou rh oo d, ou r sense of pr id e and our comm unity
spirit .
Cralgleburn is a growing urbani sed comm unity and in cludi ng part of it in th e
pr edominantly ru ral electorate of M cEw en w ould result in M cEw en havin g
two ext reme ly differ ent commu nit ies, w it h differing need s, wi t hi n one single
elect orat e (u rban ised and rural) .
so"
I ask th at the co m m ission ret u rn to it s or igina l dec ision publishe d on the
o f July
2010 to pla ce th e ent ire sub urb of Craigieburn into t he new Federal Vict orian
Ele ctorate of Burke w it h ot her geog raphically and dem ographi call y sim ila r suburbs of
Ro xburgh Park, Su nbury, and South Mora ng. Failing th at, I ask th at t he ent ire suburb
of Craigiebu rn of be return ed to th e electo rate of Ca lwell.
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