Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the House that today I issued a writ for the election of a member to serve for the electoral division of Batman in the state of Victoria to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Feeney. The dates in connection with the by-election are fixed as follows: close of rolls, Wednesday 14 February, 2018; close of nominations, Thursday, 22 February, 2018; date of polling, Saturday 17 March, 2018; return of writ, on or before Friday, 18 May, 2018.

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