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the returning officer must publish the information mentioned in subsection (2), by:
 (a) giving the information, in writing, to the Managing Director; and
 (b) either:
 (i) placing the information on the ABC's internal website; or
 (ii) sending the information to each eligible voter by electronic means.

 (2) For subsection (1), the information is as follows:
 (a) the result of the election;
 (b) the number of persons on the roll of voters;
 (c) the number of ballot papers issued;
 (d) the number of envelopes containing election material that were returned undelivered by the date on which, and time at which, the ballot closed;
 (e) the number of ballot papers returned to the returning officer;
 (f) the number of informal ballot papers;
 (g) the number of ballot papers to which subsection 29 (3) applies;
 (h) the number of votes counted for each candidate;
 (i) the number of ballot papers on which a voter did not indicate a further preference after the voter's first preference;
 (j) any other information the returning officer considers relevant to the election.

Part 7 Disputes and irregularities

33 Dispute committee

 (1) No later than 14 days before a ballot for the election of the staff-elected Director opens, the Minister must, by written instrument, establish a dispute committee for the election.

  (2) The Minister must appoint 3 persons as members of the committee.

 (3) The returning officer for the election is not eligible to be appointed as a member of the dispute committee.

 (4) If the dispute committee meets, the committee must, at the committee's first meeting, elect a member as the committee's Chair.

34 Application to dispute election

 (1) A candidate for an election may, by written notice to the returning officer for the election, dispute the validity of the election.

 (2) The notice must:
 (a) set out the grounds relied on to dispute the validity of the election; and
 (b) be signed by the candidate giving the notice; and
 (c) be given to the returning officer not later than 14 days after the day on which the information mentioned in subsection 32 (2) is placed on the ABC's internal website.

 (3) As soon as practicable after giving the notice, the candidate must give a copy of the notice to the person declared to have been elected as the staff-elected Director at the election.

 (4) The returning officer must forward the notice to the Minister.

 (5) The Minister must refer the notice to the dispute committee established for the election under section 33, unless the Minister considers that the notice is frivolous or vexatious.

35 Inquiry by dispute committee

 (1) If the Minister refers a notice disputing the validity of an election to a dispute committee under section