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background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Local government area in Australia</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr" style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><span class="fn org locality">Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands</span><br /><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region">Australia</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cocos_LGA_WA.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Cocos_LGA_WA.png" decoding="async" width="155" height="133" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="155" data-file-height="133" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location of the coast of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; 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background-color:#d2d5f9;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">14.1 km<sup>2</sup> (5.4 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aindil_Minkom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aindil Minkom (page does not exist)">Aindil Minkom</a> (shire president)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Council seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Home_Island" title="Home Island">Home Island</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Australia" title="List of regions of Australia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/External_territory_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="External territory of Australia">External territory of Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lingiari" title="Division of Lingiari">Lingiari</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cocos_shire_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Cocos_shire_logo.png/180px-Cocos_shire_logo.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Cocos_shire_logo.png/270px-Cocos_shire_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Cocos_shire_logo.png/360px-Cocos_shire_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="152" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shire.cc">Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Western_Australia" title="Local government areas of Western Australia">local government area</a> which manages local affairs on the Australian external territory of <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shire_of_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&params=12_07_S_96_54_E_region:CC"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°07′S</span> <span class="longitude">96°54′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.117°S 96.900°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-12.117; 96.900</span></span></span></a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of postal codes in Australia">post code</a>: 6799). The island is grouped with <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> but is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Infrastructure,_Regional_Development_and_Cities" title="Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities">Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities</a><sup id="cite_ref-AussieAG_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AussieAG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an Administrator. </p><p>The Shire covers an area of 14.1 km<sup>2</sup> (5.4 sq mi) in the Indian Ocean, about 2,770 km (1,720 mi) north-west of <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> and 1,000 km (620 mi) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>. The current shire president is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aindil_Minkom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aindil Minkom (page does not exist)">Aindil Minkom</a>, who was elected in October 2019. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the 19th century onwards, the islands were owned by the <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Cocos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the Cocos Islands">Clunies-Ross family</a>, and in 1886 were granted to them in perpetuity by <a href="/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria of the United Kingdom">Queen Victoria</a>. On 23 November 1955 the islands were transferred to Australian control under the <i>Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955</i>. In 1978, Australia entered a form of purchase of the islands with the Clunies-Ross family, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council came into existence in July 1979 as a representative of the <a href="/wiki/Cocos_Malays" title="Cocos Malays">Cocos Malay</a> community. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands' administrator is also the administrator of <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Administrators_role_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Administrators_role-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These two Territories comprise Australia's Indian Ocean Territories. The Australian Government provides Commonwealth-level government services through the Indian Ocean Territories Administration and the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Regional_Australia,_Regional_Development_and_Local_Government" title="Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government">Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities</a>. As per the Federal Government's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Territories_Law_Reform_Act_1992&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Territories Law Reform Act 1992 (page does not exist)">Territories Law Reform Act 1992</a>, which came into force on 1 July 1992, <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australian</a> laws are applied to the Cocos Islands, "so far as they are capable of applying in the Territory";<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> non-application or partial application of such laws is at the discretion of the federal government. The Act also gives Western Australian courts judicial power over the islands. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands remain constitutionally distinct from Western Australia, however; the power of the state to legislate for the territory is a power delegated by the federal government. The kind of services typically provided by a state government elsewhere in Australia are provided by departments of the Western Australian Government, and by contractors, with the costs met by the federal government. </p><p>There also exists a unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council with seven seats. A full-term lasts four years, though elections are held every two years; approximately half the members retire each two years, alternating elections of three and four members for a total of seven. The first elections to the Shire Council, established by ordinance, were held in May 1993. The shire has seven councillors and no wards. </p><p>The Shire's offices are at Jalan Bunga Kangkong, <a href="/wiki/Home_Island" title="Home Island">Home Island</a>. </p><p>Federally, Cocos (Keeling) Islanders form the electorate of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lingiari" title="Division of Lingiari">Lingiari</a> with Christmas Island and outback Northern Territory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are currently seven council members, including one member serving as Shire President and another as Deputy Shire President.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Office </th> <th>Term </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aindil_Minkom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aindil Minkom (page does not exist)">Aindil Minkom</a> </td> <td>Shire President </td> <td>2021-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Isa_Minkom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isa Minkom (page does not exist)">Isa Minkom</a> </td> <td>Deputy Shire President </td> <td>2023-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayesha_Young&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ayesha Young (page does not exist)">Ayesha Young</a> </td> <td>Councillor </td> <td>2021-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Lacy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Lacy (page does not exist)">Tony Lacy</a> </td> <td>Councillor </td> <td>2021-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signa_Knight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Signa Knight (page does not exist)">Signa Knight</a> </td> <td>Councillor </td> <td>2023-2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Osman_Sloan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osman Sloan (page does not exist)">Osman Sloan</a> </td> <td>Councillor </td> <td>2023-2027 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azah_Badlu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azah Badlu (page does not exist)">Azah Badlu</a> </td> <td>Councillor </td> <td>2023-2027 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2023_election_results">2023 election results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2023 election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2023_Western_Australian_local_elections#Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Results of the 2023 Western Australian local elections">Results of the 2023 Western Australian local elections § Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2023_Western_Australian_local_elections&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2023_Western_Australian_local_elections" title="2023 Western Australian local elections">2023 Western Australian local elections</a>: Cocos (Keeling) Islands<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mohammed Isa Minkom (elected) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.00 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Azah Badlu (elected) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Osman Sloan (elected) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chloe Sykes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.00 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Singa Knight (elected) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lofty Raptikan </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total formal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">150 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">93.17 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.83 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">161 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.55 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_shire_presidents">List of shire presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of shire presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Entered office </th> <th>Left office </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Grant_(Cocos_Islands)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ron Grant (Cocos Islands) (page does not exist)">Ron Grant</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radal_bin_Feyrel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radal bin Feyrel (page does not exist)">Radal bin Feyrel</a> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Said_Chongkin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mohammad Said Chongkin (page does not exist)">Mohammad Said Chongkin</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>(1)</small> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Grant_(Cocos_Islands)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ron Grant (Cocos Islands) (page 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href="/wiki/City_of_Bayswater" title="City of Bayswater">Bayswater</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Belmont" title="City of Belmont">Belmont</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Canning" title="City of Canning">Canning</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Cockburn" title="City of Cockburn">Cockburn</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Fremantle" title="City of Fremantle">Fremantle</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Gosnells" title="City of Gosnells">Gosnells</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Joondalup" title="City of Joondalup">Joondalup</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Kalamunda" title="City of Kalamunda">Kalamunda</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Kwinana" title="City of Kwinana">Kwinana</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Melville" title="City of Melville">Melville</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Nedlands" title="City of Nedlands">Nedlands</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Perth" title="City of Perth">Perth</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Rockingham" title="City of Rockingham">Rockingham</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_South_Perth" title="City of South Perth">South Perth</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Stirling" title="City of Stirling">Stirling</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Subiaco" title="City of Subiaco">Subiaco</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Swan" title="City of Swan">Swan</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Vincent" title="City of Vincent">Vincent</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wanneroo" title="City of Wanneroo">Wanneroo</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Bassendean" title="Town of Bassendean">Bassendean</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Cambridge" title="Town of Cambridge">Cambridge</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Claremont" title="Town of Claremont">Claremont</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Cottesloe" title="Town of Cottesloe">Cottesloe</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_East_Fremantle" title="Town of East Fremantle">East Fremantle</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Mosman_Park" title="Town of Mosman Park">Mosman Park</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Victoria_Park" title="Town of Victoria Park">Victoria Park</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shires</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mundaring" title="Shire of Mundaring">Mundaring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Peppermint_Grove" title="Shire of Peppermint Grove">Peppermint Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Serpentine-Jarrahdale" title="Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale">Serpentine-Jarrahdale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gascoyne" title="Gascoyne">Gascoyne</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Carnarvon" title="Shire of Carnarvon">Carnarvon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Exmouth" title="Shire of Exmouth">Exmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Shark_Bay" title="Shire of Shark Bay">Shark Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Upper_Gascoyne" title="Shire of Upper Gascoyne">Upper Gascoyne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Goldfields%E2%80%93Esperance" title="Goldfields–Esperance">Goldfields–Esperance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Coolgardie" title="Shire of Coolgardie">Coolgardie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dundas" title="Shire of Dundas">Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Esperance" title="Shire of Esperance">Esperance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Kalgoorlie%E2%80%93Boulder" title="City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder">Kalgoorlie–Boulder</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Laverton" title="Shire of Laverton">Laverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Leonora" title="Shire of Leonora">Leonora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Menzies" title="Shire of Menzies">Menzies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ngaanyatjarraku" title="Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku">Ngaanyatjarraku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ravensthorpe" title="Shire of Ravensthorpe">Ravensthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wiluna" title="Shire of Wiluna">Wiluna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Great_Southern_(Western_Australia)" title="Great Southern (Western Australia)">Great Southern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Albany" title="City of Albany">Albany</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broomehill%E2%80%93Tambellup" title="Shire of Broomehill–Tambellup">Broomehill–Tambellup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cranbrook" title="Shire of Cranbrook">Cranbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Denmark" title="Shire of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Gnowangerup" title="Shire of Gnowangerup">Gnowangerup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Jerramungup" title="Shire of Jerramungup">Jerramungup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Katanning" title="Shire of Katanning">Katanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kent" title="Shire of Kent">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kojonup" title="Shire of Kojonup">Kojonup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Plantagenet" title="Shire of Plantagenet">Plantagenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Woodanilling" title="Shire of Woodanilling">Woodanilling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)" title="Kimberley (Western Australia)">Kimberley</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Broome" title="Shire of Broome">Broome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Derby%E2%80%93West_Kimberley" title="Shire of Derby–West Kimberley">Derby–West Kimberley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Halls_Creek" title="Shire of Halls Creek">Halls Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wyndham%E2%80%93East_Kimberley" title="Shire of Wyndham–East Kimberley">Wyndham–East Kimberley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mid_West_(Western_Australia)" title="Mid West (Western Australia)">Mid West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Carnamah" title="Shire of Carnamah">Carnamah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Chapman_Valley" title="Shire of Chapman Valley">Chapman Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Coorow" title="Shire of Coorow">Coorow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cue" title="Shire of Cue">Cue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Geraldton" title="City of Greater Geraldton">Greater Geraldton</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Irwin" title="Shire of Irwin">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Meekatharra" title="Shire of Meekatharra">Meekatharra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mingenew" title="Shire of Mingenew">Mingenew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Morawa" title="Shire of Morawa">Morawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mount_Magnet" title="Shire of Mount Magnet">Mount Magnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Murchison" title="Shire of Murchison">Murchison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Northampton" title="Shire of Northampton">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Perenjori" title="Shire of Perenjori">Perenjori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Sandstone" title="Shire of Sandstone">Sandstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Three_Springs" title="Shire of Three Springs">Three Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Yalgoo" title="Shire of Yalgoo">Yalgoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Peel_(Western_Australia)" title="Peel (Western Australia)">Peel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Boddington" title="Shire of Boddington">Boddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Mandurah" title="City of Mandurah">Mandurah</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Murray" title="Shire of Murray">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Waroona" title="Shire of Waroona">Waroona</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara">Pilbara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Ashburton" title="Shire of Ashburton">Ashburton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_East_Pilbara" title="Shire of East Pilbara">East Pilbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Karratha" title="City of Karratha">Karratha</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_of_Port_Hedland" title="Town of Port Hedland">Port Hedland</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_town"><a href="#endnote_town">†</a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_West_(Western_Australia)" title="South West (Western Australia)">South West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Augusta%E2%80%93Margaret_River" title="Shire of Augusta–Margaret River">Augusta–Margaret River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Boyup_Brook" title="Shire of Boyup Brook">Boyup Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bridgetown%E2%80%93Greenbushes" title="Shire of Bridgetown–Greenbushes">Bridgetown–Greenbushes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bunbury" title="City of Bunbury">Bunbury</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Busselton" title="City of Busselton">Busselton</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_city"><a href="#endnote_city">*</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Capel" title="Shire of Capel">Capel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Collie" title="Shire of Collie">Collie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dardanup" title="Shire of Dardanup">Dardanup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Donnybrook%E2%80%93Balingup" title="Shire of Donnybrook–Balingup">Donnybrook–Balingup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Harvey" title="Shire of Harvey">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Manjimup" title="Shire of Manjimup">Manjimup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Nannup" title="Shire of Nannup">Nannup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wheatbelt_(Western_Australia)" title="Wheatbelt (Western Australia)">Wheatbelt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Beverley" title="Shire of Beverley">Beverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Brookton" title="Shire of Brookton">Brookton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Bruce_Rock" title="Shire of Bruce Rock">Bruce Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Chittering" title="Shire of Chittering">Chittering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Corrigin" title="Shire of Corrigin">Corrigin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cuballing" title="Shire of Cuballing">Cuballing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cunderdin" title="Shire of Cunderdin">Cunderdin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dalwallinu" title="Shire of Dalwallinu">Dalwallinu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dandaragan" title="Shire of Dandaragan">Dandaragan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dowerin" title="Shire of Dowerin">Dowerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Dumbleyung" title="Shire of Dumbleyung">Dumbleyung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Gingin" title="Shire of Gingin">Gingin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Goomalling" title="Shire of Goomalling">Goomalling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kellerberrin" title="Shire of Kellerberrin">Kellerberrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kondinin" title="Shire of Kondinin">Kondinin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Koorda" title="Shire of Koorda">Koorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Kulin" title="Shire of Kulin">Kulin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Lake_Grace" title="Shire of Lake Grace">Lake Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Merredin" title="Shire of Merredin">Merredin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Moora" title="Shire of Moora">Moora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mount_Marshall" title="Shire of Mount Marshall">Mount Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Mukinbudin" title="Shire of Mukinbudin">Mukinbudin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Narembeen" title="Shire of Narembeen">Narembeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Narrogin" title="Shire of Narrogin">Narrogin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Northam" title="Shire of Northam">Northam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Nungarin" title="Shire of Nungarin">Nungarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Pingelly" title="Shire of Pingelly">Pingelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Quairading" title="Shire of Quairading">Quairading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Tammin" title="Shire of Tammin">Tammin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Toodyay" title="Shire of Toodyay">Toodyay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Trayning" title="Shire of Trayning">Trayning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Victoria_Plains" title="Shire of Victoria Plains">Victoria Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wagin" title="Shire of Wagin">Wagin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wandering" title="Shire of Wandering">Wandering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_West_Arthur" title="Shire of West Arthur">West Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Westonia" title="Shire of Westonia">Westonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wickepin" title="Shire of Wickepin">Wickepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Williams" title="Shire of Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wongan%E2%80%93Ballidu" title="Shire of Wongan–Ballidu">Wongan–Ballidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Wyalkatchem" title="Shire of Wyalkatchem">Wyalkatchem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Yilgarn" title="Shire of Yilgarn">Yilgarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_York" title="Shire of York">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Indian_Ocean_Territories" title="Australian Indian Ocean Territories">Indian Ocean Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Christmas_Island" title="Shire of Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_IOT"><a href="#endnote_IOT">#</a></sup></li> 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