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	<title>Crikey &#187; compulsory voting</title>
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		<title>Compulsory or automatic? Time to vote for enrolment reform</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/a-hundred-years-later-time-for-another-vital-voting-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/a-hundred-years-later-time-for-another-vital-voting-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One hundred years ago compulsory enrolment was introduced in Australia for purely political reasons. Now might be the time to push for automatic enrolment, writes <b>Brian Costar</b><b>. </b>]]></description>
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		<title>Greater compulsion isn&#8217;t the answer to voter disengagement</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/30/greater-compulsion-isnt-the-answer-to-voter-disengagement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/30/greater-compulsion-isnt-the-answer-to-voter-disengagement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are calls for automatic voter enrolment to address the alarming decline in voter participation in the 2010 election. But that doesn't address the real problem of disengagement.]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2010: a failure of democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s3022425.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s3022425.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.4 million Australians are not on the electoral roll, 729,000 were enrolled but didn't show up at the polling booths and 400,000 voted informally. Where is the outrage? asks <b>Michael Danby</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>3.25 million missing votes in federal election</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/3-25-million-missing-votes-in-federal-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/3-25-million-missing-votes-in-federal-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 3,252,000 eligible Australians didn’t cast a vote -- extraordinary for a country that has compulsory enrolment and compulsory voting, write <b>Brian Costar</b> and <b>Peter Browne</b> of <i>Inside Story</i>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Julie Bishop: Why I don&#8217;t agree with compulsory voting</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/blogs/the-bishops-gambit/vote--or-else/20100303-pgqd.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/blogs/the-bishops-gambit/vote--or-else/20100303-pgqd.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is out of step with most democracies by enforcing compulsory voting. If voting is a "right" then it should also be a right <em>not</em> to vote, writes Deputy Opposition leader <b>Julie Bishop</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Australia&#8217;s real voter turnout?</title>
		<link>http://mumble.com.au/?p=1202</link>
		<comments>http://mumble.com.au/?p=1202#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[automatic enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The paradox of automatic voter enrollment is that once we have a more comprehensive electoral roll, the official turnout rate will drop. So while we currently rank as the country with the highest voter turnout, our numbers are likely to go <em>down</em>. <b>Peter Brent</b> does the maths. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dust off your Smiths albums, it’s 1988 and the Australia Card all over again!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/dust-off-your-smiths-albums-it%e2%80%99s-1988-and-the-australia-card-all-over-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/16/dust-off-your-smiths-albums-it%e2%80%99s-1988-and-the-australia-card-all-over-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[australia card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Electoral Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stock up on the ammo and canned food! Bernard Keane's conspiracy theories on electoral reforms are flat out wrong, says <b>Peter Brent</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Stronger democracy&#8217; gives way to strong-arm democracy in NSW</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/stronger-democracy-gives-way-to-strong-arm-democracy-in-nsw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/stronger-democracy-gives-way-to-strong-arm-democracy-in-nsw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW electoral commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NSW government agencies will be collating the private data of NSW citizens and providing it to the NSW Electoral Commission to automatically update the electoral roll. There’ll be no opting out; you will have no choice.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sweet sixteen: no vote for you</title>
		<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26210562-7583,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26210562-7583,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting age]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If 16 years olds are allowed to vote, then it opens the flood gates for gambling, violence, porn and drinking at 16. Our compulsory voting comes with great responsibility, writes <b>Kenneth Wiltshire</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/06/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaile of Arabia ... scandal in Wollongong and dodgy councils ...  recession and the RBA ... campaign finance reform ... Star fu*king ... ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Not voting is a vote against the electoral system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/22/not-voting-is-a-vote-against-the-electoral-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/22/not-voting-is-a-vote-against-the-electoral-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ballot box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bored]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old joke is that no matter whom you vote for, a politician wins. In the era of "me too" elections this is truer than ever, writes the Centre for Independent Studies' Jeremy Sammut.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/22/not-voting-is-a-vote-against-the-electoral-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget philosophy, have some money</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/forget-philosophy-have-some-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/15/forget-philosophy-have-some-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[compulsory voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notwithstanding Kevin Rudd’s belated attempt to seize the moral high ground, both major parties are committed to enormous increases in expenditure as a result of promises made during this election campaign, writes Peter Saunders from the Centre for Independent Studies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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