TeeTMI Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Recent Citizenship & the Australian Election If you have recently become an Australian citizen (aged 18 or over) be aware that you are required to vote in the Australian federal election. https://www.aec.gov.au/enrol/2019 federal election If you are an Australian citizen aged 18 years or older you are required to vote in the federal election.You must be correctly enrolled by 8pm local time Thursday 18 April 2019. To enrol, complete the online form below. If you are already enrolled but need to update your details, you can update your name or update your address online, but you must do so before 8pm Thursday 18 April 2019. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadEnoughofJuju Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) Not looking forward to being forced to choose between all the animals in this zoo, or do we call it a circus? Not sure. The stuff comimg out of the polies pie holes at the this stage makes trumpnado look like a puppy dog. How stupid do they think we are? Promising millions of "free" blood tests that are already covered by Medicare. I think I'll just stick th ballot paper to dart board, close my eyes and throw. If it hits Palmer I'll call foul and try again. Edited May 14, 2019 by HadEnoughofJuju 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerdoodle Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Surely not harder than choosing an SA party? Or is it...? Maybe enlighten us on this side of the Indian Ocean as to the state of Aussie politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2forum Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 always a 2 horse race here. compulsory voting....risking fines if you do not vote. goes against the philosophy that one should be allowed to abstain from voting in a democracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dill Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 Is one allowed to spoil one’s vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gya Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 10:54 PM, Dill said: Is one allowed to spoil one’s vote? had same qn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riekie Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 4/17/2019 at 5:45 PM, HadEnoughofJuju said: Not looking forward to being forced to choose between all the animals in this zoo, or do we call it a circus? Not sure. The stuff comimg out of the polies pie holes at the this stage makes trumpnado look like a puppy dog. How stupid do they think we are? Promising millioms of "free" boold tests that are already covered by Medicare. I think I'll just stick th ballot paper to dart board, close my eyes and throw. If it hits Palmer I'll call foul and try again. I feel your pain but it's still better than choosing between a corrupt ANC, Juju (your favourite 😜) and the DA who, with all good intentions, have a snowball's hope in hell to win... Here you have a voice and a choice however frustrating. We gotta keep the bastards honest as Peter Mailler famously said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riekie Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 10:54 PM, Dill said: Is one allowed to spoil one’s vote? You can literally fold and throw a blank form in the box - as long as you arrive to vote, you can do with that privilege what you want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riekie Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 10:21 AM, new2forum said: always a 2 horse race here. compulsory voting....risking fines if you do not vote. goes against the philosophy that one should be allowed to abstain from voting in a democracy Less than half the voting population in the USA showed up to vote cause they did not want to vote for Hillary and thought Trump would never win. See who they got now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadEnoughofJuju Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 Have to agree Riekie, I'm glad I no longer have to vote in vain. The only reason I voted in RSA was so I could moan. Other than that there was no choice. A vote fore any one of the 99 out of the 100 (however many there are) ridiculously named parties is a vote fpr the ANC. When will people learn that if they don't want the ANC in power they all need to stand together and vote for 1 party as an opposition. Whichever party that may be. I think the soccer party or maybe even the dagga party would do a better job at running the country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riekie Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 Or you could vote for the pirate party in Oz.... 🤣 I kid you not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2forum Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Riekie said: See who they got now what happens if you dont like either option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozellem Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Yeah, my area finally got rid of bloody Tony Abbott. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riekie Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 On 5/15/2019 at 12:14 PM, new2forum said: what happens if you dont like either option? Then you vote for the lesser of all evils so you don't end up with the worse one 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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