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... election finally affected all Australian elections , we shall examine it in some detail . COMPULSORY VOTING Compulsion to vote at parliamentary elections has been universal in Australia since 1942 when South Australia adopted the ...
... election finally affected all Australian elections , we shall examine it in some detail . COMPULSORY VOTING Compulsion to vote at parliamentary elections has been universal in Australia since 1942 when South Australia adopted the ...
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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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... voters did not . The Nationalist Premier , Sir James Mitchell , arranged for a plebiscite on the question to be held on ... compulsory , and resulted in a majority of approximately two to one 3 Compulsory voting was introduced in Western ...
... voters did not . The Nationalist Premier , Sir James Mitchell , arranged for a plebiscite on the question to be held on ... compulsory , and resulted in a majority of approximately two to one 3 Compulsory voting was introduced in Western ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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