So, you've got your issue, you've rallied support, you've gathered a petition and now you need to give all this information to someone who might do something about it. But who? How do you find out who represents you at local, state and federal government?
Lets start with local government.......
Step 1 : Find out what your local council is. The Municipal Association of Victoria or Local Government Victoria are good places to start. They both provide an interactive map that you can use to find your local council. Click on the area of the map that you live in and it will give you a page with the Council name, details and a list of all the councillors.
Step 2: Click through on the web address of your local council. Council websites generally have in an "About Council" section a ward map (breakdown of the local council area into sections which have councillors that represent each one). You can then see a list of the Councillors and their contact details.
Step 3: Depending on what you prefer, send a letter, make a phone call or write an email to your local councillor.
Thats local government, now onto state government.....
Step 1: Head to the Parliament of Victoria Website - Find an MP page.
Step 2: If you already know who you want to contact you can search by the M'Ps name. You may be more likely to be in the dark about this, so there is a function where you can type in your address and it will give you the names of all the people in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council who represent you.
Step 3: Click through for more information on your local representatives and perhaps do some searching on their own websites to find out a bit more about them to see who would be best placed to hear your issue (i.e. they may have that as an interest themselves).
And if you want to find out who represents you at the federal government level.......
Step 1: Head to the Australian Electoral Commission website - electorate search page where you can put in your town name or postcode to search for which electorate you are in.
Step 2: Click on the electorate name to go to the information on who is the member for that electorate and which political party they belong to.
Step 3: Click on the link to Profile and map and you will get more details on the history of the electorate including past representative
Links
Australian Electoral Commission
