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Topic: compulsory voting

Australia has the best electoral system

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

May 03, 2019

6

Compulsory voting is our last line of defence against right-wing populism

Elections

May 02, 2019

22

Bill Shorten has suggested lowering the voting age, but would it really help to engage the yoof? <em>Crikey</em> intern <b>Joshua Ribarich</b> reports.

Should we lower the voting age to 16?

Crikey Clarifier

Nov 05, 2015

4

"There is no policy oomph from feminist dogma," Mark Latham told the audience at his book launch last night, saying that political feminism was out of touch with mainstream Australian concerns.

‘Political feminists’ and compulsory voting on Mark Latham’s hit list

Australia

Aug 01, 2014

14

Opposition to same-sex marriage is fading, and Tony Abbott's approval is picking up, today's Essential Report finds.

Essential: same-sex marriage opposition falls

Australian Capital Territory

Oct 22, 2013

1

Australians are not entirely convinced on compulsory voting and certainly don't like being forced to give preferences. The latest poll from Essential Research shows a lack of public support for some of our electoral laws.

Essential: don’t make me vote, especially for Abbott

Federal

Jan 14, 2013

22

The Queensland LNP's proposal on voluntary voting is aimed at creating a diversion, seeking partisan advantage and creating a smokescreen to hide possible changes on political donations.

There’s plenty behind LNP’s voluntary voting thought bubble

Queensland

Jan 04, 2013

17

The US Ambassador has defended the United States's approach to trade negotiations and copyright, and talked about "atypical" diplomacy via ABC TV hit <em>Q&amp;A</em>.

Bleich on copyright, net censorship and Q&A democracy

Federal

Aug 31, 2012

6

The Australian Electoral Commission today launches "Count Me In." As it describes it: "a nationwide hunt for voters missing from the electoral roll."

Electoral Commission on a roll as hunt on for the unenrolled

Australia

May 29, 2012

24

The Greek crisis has got me thinking about Australian politics again. Is our system of government little more than an electoral dictatorship?

Rundle: our Greek tragedy is that democracy in Australia is broken

Australia

May 17, 2012

33

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.

Greater compulsion isn’t the answer to voter disengagement

Federal

Sep 30, 2010

3

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>.

3.25 million missing votes in federal election

Federal

Sep 24, 2010

6

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