Bullwinkel WA
Wheelchair / step-free access at federal polling places, from the AEC’s own per-polling-place data. A literal count and percentage breakdown only — not a score, not a ranking against other divisions.
Benchmark: JSCEM’s own standard, not RioLabs’ judgment
The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) recommended in its June 2026 interim report (Recommendation 13) that “the majority of polling places in each electorate are physically accessible.” This site uses that recommendation as a published baseline for comparison — it is JSCEM’s benchmark, not a RioLabs accessibility judgment, and it is not a compliance target: nothing exists to comply with until the government responds. Government response to Recommendation 13: pending as of 2026-07-17.
This division has no 2022 baseline snapshot in our archive (it did not exist, or was named differently, at the 2022 federal election -- e.g. a division created in a later redistribution).
Current polling places in Bullwinkel
| Rating | Polling places |
|---|---|
| Full | 15 of 45 (33.3%) |
| Assisted | 27 of 45 (60.0%) |
| None | 3 of 45 (6.7%) |
| Not stated | 0 of 45 (0.0%) |
3 of 45 (6.7%) polling places in Bullwinkel are rated None for wheelchair access in the AEC’s own data. We report that as a literal count only. We do not convert it into a distance-based headline (e.g. a “nearest accessible booth is N km away” framing), we do not name or single out the venue, and we do not rank Bullwinkel against any other division on this basis. Where a None-rated venue may be a voter’s only practical local option, the honest way to say that is plainly, in words, not as a raw kilometre figure — see About for the full house style on this.
What this page does not claim
- No accessibility score, index, or rating — only the AEC's own Full / Assisted / None / not-stated categories, counted literally.
- No ranking of Bullwinkel against any other division; the only comparative surface anywhere on this site is the national distribution shown on the index page.
- No distance or travel-time headline, and no estimate of how many people are affected — the AEC's dataset counts polling places, not voters or disability prevalence.
- No 2022-to-current trend or change claim (see above).
Provenance
- Current snapshot: archive/aec-polling-places-current/2026-07-19/prdelms.gaz.statics.260701.09.00.02.csv, captured
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7343de48f014d823… - 2022 baseline snapshot: archive/aec-polling-places-2022-federal-election/2026-07-19/prdelms.gaz.statics.220521.09.00.01.csv, captured
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Every figure on this site traces to one of these two AEC source files. Roster rule: Status in {Current, Appointment}.