Kay Mousley
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Kay Mousley is the Electoral Commissioner for the Electoral Commission of South Australia. She is the first woman to hold the post and had previously worked for 25 years for the Australian Electoral Commission
rising to the head of that agency in South Australia
. Mousley was appointed after a recommendation of the Statutory Officers Committee of the Parliament of South Australia
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The electoral commissioner's role is varied but overall ensures that elections are fair and true. Mousley has been involved in the withdrawal of a Liberal
-run misleading advertisement put forward by David Pisoni
, the Unley
candidate, commenting on the birth of electronic voting, and a larger redistribution after the landslide 2006 state election
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Australian Electoral Commission
The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are overseen by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.The Australian Electoral Commission...
rising to the head of that agency in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. Mousley was appointed after a recommendation of the Statutory Officers Committee of the Parliament of South Australia
Parliament of South Australia
The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government....
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The electoral commissioner's role is varied but overall ensures that elections are fair and true. Mousley has been involved in the withdrawal of a Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
-run misleading advertisement put forward by David Pisoni
David Pisoni
David Gregory Pisoni is a South Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly since 2006, representing the electorate of Unley....
, the Unley
Electoral district of Unley
Unley is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 12.2 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner southern suburbs, taking in the suburbs of Eastwood, Frewville, Fullarton, Glenunga, Highgate, Hyde...
candidate, commenting on the birth of electronic voting, and a larger redistribution after the landslide 2006 state election
South Australian legislative election, 2006
The state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian state of South Australia on 18 March 2006, and was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office.-House of Assembly:...
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