Notices in relation to the 2024 Torres Strait Regional Authority election

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

1. Notice under subsection 142Y(2) fixing the day for the polling in the Torres Strait Regional Authority election

2.       Most recent notice under section 142Z appointing polling places

3.       Notice under paragraph 143(2)(b) estimating, in relation to the Torres Strait area, the number of persons who will be entitled to vote and the number of persons living in that area who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginal persons

4.       Notice under paragraph 143(2)(c) estimating, in relation to each ward, the number of persons who will be entitled to vote and the number of persons living in the ward who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginal persons

Notice under subsection 142Y(2)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

I, Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians, acting in accordance with subsection 142Y(2) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, fix Saturday 30 November 2024 as the day for the polling in the Torres Strait Regional Authority election.

Signed on  13 August 2024

Malarndirri McCarthy

Minister for Indigenous Australians

AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

APPOINTMENT OF POLLING PLACES

I, Tom Rogers, Electoral Commissioner, under section142Z of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, appoint the polling places named in Column 2 of the Schedule, to be polling places for the Wards specified in Column 1.

Tom Rogers

Electoral Commissioner

28 July 2024

SCHEDULE

Column 1 Column 2

Ward Polling Place

Bamaga Bamaga

Port Kennedy Thursday Island (Port Kennedy)

Ngurapai and Muralag Horn Island

TRAWQ Thursday Island (TRAWQ)

Notice under paragraph 143(2)(b)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

I, Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians, acting in accordance with paragraph 143(2)(b) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, estimate that, in relation to the Torres Strait area:

(1)    the number of persons who will be entitled to vote at the forthcoming Torres Strait Regional Authority election is 5,424; and

(2)    the number of persons living in that area who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginals persons is 8,081.

Signed on 13 August 2024

Malarndirri McCarthy

Minister for Indigenous Australians

Notice under paragraph 143(2)(c)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

I, Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians, acting in accordance with paragraph 143(2)(c) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, estimate that, in relation to each ward of the Torres Strait area identified in the following table:

(1)    the number of persons who will be entitled to vote at the forthcoming election for that ward is the number appearing in column (i); and

(2)    the number of persons living in that ward who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginals persons is the number appearing in column (ii).

Signed  13 August 2024

Malarndirri McCarthy

Minister for Indigenous Australians