Publication and advertisement
30.02 Publication and advertisement
30.02.1 Forthwith after filing a petition, the petitioner shall publish a copy of the petition in the Commonwealth Gazette and in the official Gazette of the State or Territory in which the election was held.
30.02.2 In addition to the publication required by rule 30.02.1 the petitioner, forthwith after filing a petition concerning the election of a member of the House of Representatives, shall publish in a newspaper circulating in the Electoral Division for which the election was held a notice stating:
that the petition has been filed;
the date on which the petition was filed;
the name of the petitioner;
the nature of the relief claimed; and
concisely the grounds on which the election is disputed.
30.02.3 Within 14 days of the later of the publications required by rules 30.02.1 and 30.02.2, the petitioner shall file an affidavit proving the making of those publications and exhibiting a copy of each of the notices as they were published in each of the gazettes and newspaper.
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