APY Lands Special General Meeting

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:37): Supplementary: where there is a lack of nominations, given the new system that has women and men—and I understand there are some areas where there are no women that have nominated—what are the procedures that will be followed, and will quorum in any way be affected if there are vacant positions left?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:37): I thank the honourable member for her question. Off the top of my head—and if this isn't entirely correct, I am happy to come back and correct it—I believe there were no nominations for women in two of the electorates. I haven't spoken to the Electoral Commissioner directly, but I think departmental officials have spoken to the Electoral Commissioner and my understanding is that in the near future nominations will be reopened to have those positions filled. Again, I will check if this is incorrect, but my guess is that, if it is two positions out of 14 that aren't filled, quorum will still be achieved, but if that is wrong I'm happy to come back and bring back an answer.