PRIME MINISTER
His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret'd)
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Government House
Dunrossil Drive
YARRALUMLA ACT 2600
Your Excellency
Noted I write to advise you to prorogue the Parliament and dissolve the House of Representatives, as set out in section 5 of the Constitution, and take the necessary action for a half-Senate election in time for the elections for both houses of Parliament to be held on Saturday, 21 May 2022.
Noted The current term of the House of Representatives expires on Friday, 1 July 2022. Section 28 of the Constitution provides you with the discretion to dissolve the House of Representatives before that date. An election for the House of Representatives mus be held by 3 September 2022.
Noted A half-Senate election must be held by 21 May 2022 as the terms of half the senators expire on 30 June 2022. Holding the House of Representatives election at the same time as the half-Senate election will spare the Australian community the additional expense and disruption that a would result from holding two separate national elections within months.
The details of the election timetable I propose are:
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issue of writs |
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11 April 2022 |
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Noted Under section 12 of the Constitution, the Governor of a state may cause writs to be issued for elections of senators for the state, I invite you to propose to each of the Governors of the States that the dates proposed above be adopted for the purpose of the election of State senators.
Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600
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