Official process for double dissolution
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DOUBLE-DISSOLUTION ELECTION TIMING
MAY 09 - Both houses dissolved
MAY 16 - Issue of the writs
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MAY 23 - Electoral rolls close
JUNE 9 - Nominations close
JULY 2 - Polling day
AUG 08 - Return of the writs (latest date possible)
* Taken from prime minister's correspondence with Governor-General Peter Cosgrove
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