Managing Elections During Floods: The Case of Victoria, Australia
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Victoria held state elections on Saturday 26 November 2022. Six weeks previously, the state had suffered serious floods. Home to over 6.6 million inhabitants and 4.4 million voters, its 79 local government areas (LGAs) are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). At 227,444 square kilometres, Victoria’s land area is as big as Ghana, Laos or Romania. Such a comparison is important in grasping the scale of the 2022 floods. In order to provide financial assistance to the natural-disaster-declared areas in each state or territory, there are the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), a joint Australian, state and territory governments’ initiative. DRFA measures include, among others, relief for personal hardship and distress; removal of debris from residential properties, counter-disaster operations; restoration of damaged essential public assets; and concessional interest rate loans or/and freight subsidies (Australian Government 2023).
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Martinez Coma, F, Managing Elections During Floods: The Case of Victoria, Australia, 2023