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Something might yet be won if the electors were given an opportunity to vote on
each requested power separately. ... COMPULSORY VOTING Compulsion to
vote at parliamentary elections has been universal in Australia since 1942 when
...
Something might yet be won if the electors were given an opportunity to vote on
each requested power separately. ... COMPULSORY VOTING Compulsion to
vote at parliamentary elections has been universal in Australia since 1942 when
...
Page 83
The leader of the 'Country Liberal' Party, Lieutenant -Colonel C. D. W. Rankin,
said during the debate: We are going to have compulsory legislation and
compulsory voting . . . because [as things are] ... the dishonest exercise of the
franchise by ...
The leader of the 'Country Liberal' Party, Lieutenant -Colonel C. D. W. Rankin,
said during the debate: We are going to have compulsory legislation and
compulsory voting . . . because [as things are] ... the dishonest exercise of the
franchise by ...
Page 205
Voting in the plebiscite, though not in the election,3 was compulsory, and
resulted in a majority of approximately two to one in favour of secession. On the
same day a Labor. ' Compulsory voting was introduced in Western Australia at
the next ...
Voting in the plebiscite, though not in the election,3 was compulsory, and
resulted in a majority of approximately two to one in favour of secession. On the
same day a Labor. ' Compulsory voting was introduced in Western Australia at
the next ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT r 19001903 | 12 |
Legislation and White Australia | 29 |
New Protection and the Basic Wage | 46 |
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