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Actually Labor votes are often private too because the Labor caucus does it behind closed doors. Just to highlight the difference in the two parties. The Coalition participated in 96.8% of floor crossing divisions compared to Labor’s 3.1% and the Coalition accounted for 90.2% of the individual...

The irony being that politicians are allowed to abstain from voting on things with no punishment but the people aren't.

authoritarian [ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛːrɪən] ADJECTIVE favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. I believe this is what is occurring. As for legal obligations? Was there a referendum held on this? Was this enacted without the people's approval? Was there a...

Those who may be thinking they can dodge voting in the Federal Election today should consider that it will set you back up to $222 and even a court appearance. Voting has been compulsory in Australia for people aged 18 and above since 1924, and not voting is a violation of section 245 of the...

You should see the weasel ****wit they just voted in. One of those tossers that has never worked a real job in their life. It's why Labor only got 32% of the primary votes. Less than when they lost in 2019 and less than the Liberal party who got 35%

I have thought it through. Very easy for people to jump online and click a button that says I will not be voting and bingo, your name isn't on the list of people registered to vote for the election. I'm Australian born and bred, I kinda know how many of us think. I also live in a safe Labor...

The parties love mandatory voting because the parties get paid for votes received. You are correct that great swathes of people don't give a rats so put next to no effort into candidates and what they actually think. So even a vote from someone who really doesn't care puts money in the...

The irony of the clowns waffling on about the environment yet they are happy to waste huge amounts of resources in having to produce such a large volume of voting cards to prop up their stupid system. Imagine the money and wastage that could be saved if people were given the option to either...

It should be abolished here. Threatening people with fines for not voting is not democracy.

And we now have a CCP lap dog for a foreign minister.