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Some interesting data analysis here. I’ll pose the same question as the author:

…by majority vote, Australians have made clear that a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament is not how they want to respond to these crises.
An urgent question emerges — what is?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Probably hard to determine but I'd love to see proportion of no voters vs Murdoch news viewership. I feel like every other correlation could probably be tied to that variable.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Voting in Australia is MANDATORY... that's not how it should be, I voted what I voted because I don't give a fuck, I'm uninformed and hate the government... in my eyes I vote to save myself a $200 fine, it's basically blackmail...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Sounds like the opinion of someone who's never been blackmailed before.😅

I fully support you voting like that, and I still think mandatory voting is better than optional.

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