Electoral Act 2004

To satisfy the object of redistribution, the Redistribution Committee must have regard to the following principles:

(a) the physical area of a division containing rural and remote areas should be as small as practicable;

(b) the demographic characteristics of a division should be as uniform as practicable;

(c) the geographic features of a division should be as uniform as practicable;

(d) each identifiable community should be included in only one division if practicable;

(e) subject to paragraphs (a) to (d), changes to existing divisions should minimise the number of electors being transferred from one division to another.