Australian Electoral Commission

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electoral management body independent statutory authority

The Australian Electoral Commission is the independent federal agency responsible for conducting national elections and referendums and maintaining the electoral roll in Australia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Australian Electoral Commission canonical 50
Australian Electoral Office 2
Australian Electoral Commission (three-member Commission) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral management body ⓘ
independent statutory authority ⓘ
collaboratesWith state and territory electoral commissions ⓘ
conducts overseas voting for federal elections ⓘ
postal voting for federal elections ⓘ
pre-poll voting for federal elections ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ElectoralCommissionerAppointedBy Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
employs Australian Electoral Officer for each state and territory ⓘ
establishedBy Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 ⓘ
formedInYear 1984 ⓘ
governingAct Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.aec.gov.au/ ⓘ
hasPredecessor Australian Electoral Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Australian Electoral Office
headquartersLocation Canberra ⓘ
headquartersStateOrTerritory Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ
surface form: Australian Capital Territory
isIndependentOf federal government of the day ⓘ
political parties ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
ledBy Electoral Commissioner ⓘ
logoText Australian Electoral Commission self-link ⓘ
maintains federal electoral roll ⓘ
mandate to provide the Australian people with an independent electoral service ⓘ
monitors compliance with federal electoral law ⓘ
operatesUnderPrinciple political neutrality ⓘ
oversees House of Representatives elections ⓘ
Senate elections ⓘ
federal referendum processes ⓘ
parentDepartment Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ⓘ
publishes federal election results ⓘ
guides for candidates ⓘ
guides for voters ⓘ
redistribution determinations ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Australia ⓘ
responsibleFor conduct of federal by-elections ⓘ
conduct of federal elections ⓘ
conduct of federal referendums ⓘ
funding and disclosure of federal election campaign finances ⓘ
maintenance of the Commonwealth electoral roll ⓘ
public electoral education ⓘ
redistribution of federal electoral boundaries ⓘ
registration of political parties for federal elections ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
shortName AEC ⓘ
usesVotingSystem preferential voting for House of Representatives ⓘ
proportional representation for Senate ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Representatives of Australia → electoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Fenner (Division) → governingBody → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Fenner (Division) → electoralRollMaintainedBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Vote Leave → designatedBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electoral Commission
Australian Electoral Commission → hasPredecessor → Australian Electoral Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Electoral Office
Australian Electoral Commission → logoText → Australian Electoral Commission self-link ⓘ
Capricornia → administeredBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Kennedy → governingBody → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Kennedy
Lyne → electoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Hunter → governingBody → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Hunter
Hunter → hasRedistributionAuthority → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Hunter
Hunter → electoralRollManagedBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Hunter
Fenner → electoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Fenner → redistributionAuthority → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Fenner → hasElectoralRollMaintainedBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Division of Kooyong → governingAuthority → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Farrer → isAdministeredBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Brindabella → electoralRoll → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Electoral Commission roll (for ACT)
Paterson → electoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Paterson
Paterson → hasRedistributionAuthority → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Paterson
Australian Senate elections → electoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Australian Senate elections → administeredBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
New South Wales Electoral Commission → cooperatesWith → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Cowper → governingBody → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Cowper
Cowper → boundaryRedistributionAuthority → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Cowper
Lingiari → governingBody → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Commonwealth agencies → include → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Solomon → governingElectoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
AEC → fullName → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
AEC → precededBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Electoral Office
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 → created → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 → established → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 → implementedBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 → oversightBodyCreated → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 → administeredBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Electoral Commissioner → chiefExecutiveOf → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Electoral Commissioner → headOf → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Electoral Commissioner → memberOf → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Electoral Commission (three-member Commission)
Macquarie → governedBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Macquarie
Macquarie → hasRedistributionsBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Macquarie
Fadden → isAdministeredBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Calare → stateElectoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Calare → administeredBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Special Minister of State of Australia → oversees → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Special Minister of State of Australia → associatedWith → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Division of Brand → governingAuthority → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
federal Division of Clark → electoralCommission → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Clark
federal Division of Lyons → governingBody → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Division of Lyons
Electoral Commission of Queensland → collaboratesWith → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
Eden‑Monaro → administeredBy → Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ