The History of Australia: The Twentieth CenturyHow governments and social policy from 1900 to 1975 led to the development of a national Australian consciousness. |
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... COMPULSORY VOTING Compulsion to vote at parliamentary elections has been universal in Australia since 1942 when South Australia adopted the practice . It is almost unknown in other democratic countries and , indeed , seems to most ...
... COMPULSORY VOTING Compulsion to vote at parliamentary elections has been universal in Australia since 1942 when South Australia adopted the practice . It is almost unknown in other democratic countries and , indeed , seems to most ...
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... compulsory legislation and compulsory voting . . because [ as things are ] . . . the dishonest exercise of the franchise by one individual might bring ... such a terrible catastrophe as putting a Labour [ sic ] Government into power ...
... compulsory legislation and compulsory voting . . because [ as things are ] . . . the dishonest exercise of the franchise by one individual might bring ... such a terrible catastrophe as putting a Labour [ sic ] Government into power ...
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... compulsory overseas service , 224 defeated and re - elected , 195 disqualified from Caucus by Scullin , 185 elected to federal Parliament , 183-5 ' enfant terrible ' of A.L.P. , 185 Minister for Labour and National Service , 247 ...
... compulsory overseas service , 224 defeated and re - elected , 195 disqualified from Caucus by Scullin , 185 elected to federal Parliament , 183-5 ' enfant terrible ' of A.L.P. , 185 Minister for Labour and National Service , 247 ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
New Protection and the Basic Wage | 46 |
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