Joseph Olbrycht-PalmerNewsWire
November 11, 2024 12:39PM
西澳州州長 Roger Cook 證實，由於不確定即將舉行的聯邦大選是否會與西澳州選舉日期相衝突，他正尋求法律建議，以更改西澳州的選舉日期。
野花州(Wildflower State)鎖定在3月8日投票，以配合其固定的四年國會任期。
庫克先生在週一表示，他正在尋求法律意見，以確定他是否可以移動他的州的投票。
「我們必須為任何緊急情況做好準備，」庫克先生在珀斯的一個商業早餐會上說，《澳大利亞人報》報道。
「我們知道我們的選舉將在 3 月 8 日舉行，但聯邦選舉的時間也有很大的靈活性。
「如果聯邦選舉在那之上，我們有有限的能力轉換我們的選舉日期。
「因此，正如您所理解的，我們目前正在做大量的工作，選舉委員會也在做大量的工作，以了解在聯邦政府決定在接近我們的選舉日期時可能會出現的一些複雜情況」。
明年的聯邦選舉被廣泛認為會在五月初至五月中旬舉行。
雖然技術上來說，投票可能在 3 月 8 日的兩邊，甚至是星期六。
由於民意調查和分析師都指出聯邦工黨政府將以少數當選，因此全國性的結果可能會左右西澳州的結果。
與此同時，正如昆士蘭州選舉所暗示的那樣，州一級發生的情況可被視為聯邦預期的指標。
NewsWire 已聯絡 Cooke 先生的辦公室和西澳選舉委員會，請他們置評。
Western Australia’s premier Roger Cook has confirmed he is seeking legal advice on moving his state’s election date, following uncertainty over whether the looming federal election could clash with WA’s.
The Wildflower State is locked in to vote on March 8 to align with its fixed four-year parliamentary terms.
Mr Cook said on Monday he was seeking legal advice on whether he could move his state’s vote.
“We have to be ready for any contingency,” Mr Cook told a business breakfast in Perth, as reported by The Australian.
“We know that our election will be on the 8th of March, but there’s also a great deal of flexibility in relation to when the federal election is.
“We have a limited ability to switch our election date if the federal election comes in on top of that.
“So as you understand, we’re doing a lot of work at the moment, and the Electoral Commission is doing a lot of work, just understanding what some of those complexities might be in the event that the federal government decides to have an election close to ours.”
Next year’s federal election is widely tipped to fall in early-to-mid May.
Though, technically, the vote could fall on either side of March 8, or even on the Saturday itself.
With polls and analysts pointing to a Federal Labor Government returned in minority, the national outcome could sway Western Australia’s outcome.
Meanwhile, what happens at a state level could be seen as an indicator of what to expect federally, as has been suggested by the Queensland election.
NewsWire has contacted both Mr Cooke’s office and the Western Australia Electoral Commission for comment.
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