Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

The Electoral Commissioner may in writing:

appoint, by name, such polling places for each Division as he or she considers necessary;

declare polling places appointed under paragraph (a) in respect of a Division to be polling places for a specified Subdivision of that Division; and

abolish any polling place.

No polling place for a Division shall be abolished after the issue of a writ relating, in whole or in part, to the taking of a poll in that Division and before the time appointed for its return.

The Electoral Commissioner must cause to be published, on the Electoral Commission’s website and in any other way he or she considers appropriate, notice of an appointment, declaration or abolition made under subsection (1).

Failure to publish notice of an appointment, declaration or abolition made under subsection (1), as required by subsection (2A), does not affect the validity of the appointment, declaration or abolition.

The Electoral Commissioner shall, on at least one occasion after the issue of a writ relating, in whole or in part, to the taking of a poll in a Division but before the date fixed for the polling, if it is practicable to do so, publish in a newspaper circulating in that Division a notice:

setting out all polling places in that Division; and

setting out all places that were polling places for that Division at the later of:

the time of the last election for which a poll was taken in that Division; and

the time of the last referendum (within the meaning of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984);