LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINARY ELECTION
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
An Ordinary In-Person Election will be held on Saturday, 18 October 2025 in the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands to fill the following vacancies:
District 4 Councillors 4 year terms
Nominations Open on Thursday, 28 August 2025
Nominations Close at 4:00pm Thursday, 4 September 2025
Nominations must be lodged with the Returning Officer:
- at any time during the above period by arrangement; or
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between 2:00pm and 4:00pm Thursday, 4 September 2025 (close of nominations) at the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 256 Jalan Melati, Home Island , COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Nomination Requirements
Candidates are required to lodge with the Returning Officer:
Candidates are required to lodge with the Returning Officer:
- The Commission's preferred method for candidates to nominate is through the Commissions Nomination Builder. This tool assists candidates in completing their nomination form, including their profile and additional information. The Nomination Builder can be accessed via https://lgportal.waec.wa.gov.au/noms. Candidates can complete their nomination details and profile, print the completed form with the allocated reference number, and lodge it with the Returning Officer. Alternatively, a copy of the prescribed nomination form is available from the Returning Officer or via www.elections.wa.gov.au/LGE25Candidate-Information
- a single A4 page profile of not more than 1,000 characters (including spaces) containing information about
the candidate. - a nomination deposit of $100 (cash, EFT, bank cheque or postal order).
- a recent passport-sized photograph (optional).
- every candidate must complete the online course titled Local Government Candidate Induction, available at Induction for prospective candidates | LGIRS, prior to nominating and prove the course code on the nomination form; and
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in addition to your A4 profile, you may provide additional information that you consider to be relevant to your candidature. This written statement cannot be more than 2,000 characters (including spaces), must be in the English language and is for publication on the local government’s official website only. (optional)
Please Note:
Where an agent lodges a nomination on a candidate’s behalf, it must be in the prescribed form with a written authorisation signed by the candidate. The documents may be hand delivered or posted to the Returning Officer and must be received by the close of nominations.
Where an agent lodges a nomination on a candidate’s behalf, it must be in the prescribed form with a written authorisation signed by the candidate. The documents may be hand delivered or posted to the Returning Officer and must be received by the close of nominations.
Information
Full details about eligibility and nomination procedures for prospective candidates can be obtained by contacting the Returning Officer, Mr Paul ROBERTS on 0455 553 206 or the Western Australian Electoral Commission on 13 63 06.
DENNIS O’REILLY
ACTING ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06
ACTING ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINARY ELECTION
CLOSE OF ENROLMENT
Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
ROLL CLOSE: 5:00PM Friday, 22 August 2025
You may be eligible to be enrolled to vote in the local government elections on 18 October 2025 if you live in or are an owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Residents
You are automatically enrolled to vote if you are on the State Electoral Roll as at 5:00 PM Friday, 22 August 2025. If you are not already on the State Electoral Roll and meet the eligibility criteria, or if you have changed address recently, you must complete an enrolment form.
Enrolment Forms
You can enrol or update your details online, or download an enrolment form, via the Western Australian Electoral Commission website (www.elections.wa.gov.au/enrol). Forms are also available from the Australian Electoral Commission (www.aec.gov.au). Enrolments and updates must be completed and received by 5:00 PM Friday, 22 August 2025.
Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers
If you are a non-resident owner or occupier of rateable property in the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and are on the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll, you are eligible to enrol to vote. Owners of land who were on the last Local Government roll continue to retain that status until they cease to own the rateable property to which the enrolment relates. Occupiers do not have continuous enrolment and should contact the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands to confirm their enrolment status. To be eligible to enrol as an occupier, you will need to have a right of continuous occupation under a lease, tenancy agreement or other legal instrument for at least the next three months following the date of the application to enrol and have paid rent for at least the prescribed amount.
Joint Owners and Occupiers
If a rateable property is owned or occupied by more than two people, a majority of the owners/occupiers may nominate two persons from amongst themselves who are on either the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll, to enrol as owner/occupier electors.
Corporations
A body corporate that owns or occupies rateable property may nominate two people who are officers of the body corporate that are on either the State or Commonwealth Electoral Roll to enrol as owner/occupier electors.
Enrolment Forms – Non-Resident Owners and Occupiers Only
Enrolment forms can be obtained from local governments and must be lodged with the Chief Executive Officer by 5:00 PM Friday, 22 August 2025. Further information can be obtained from the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
DENNIS O’REILLY
ACTING ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER
13 63 06