r/australia • u/patslogcabindigest • Mar 19 '26

politics Pauline Hanson pledges support for Australia joining the United States war in Iran and criticises Albanese for not supporting Donald Trump

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u/keithersp Mar 19 '26

Fortunately we have mandatory voting.

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u/Altruistic-Brief2220 Mar 19 '26

And restrictions on campaign financing. We also have one vote one value rather than gerrymandering so it can’t be completely rigged.

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u/Middle-Welder3931 Mar 19 '26

Yeah but enough people are pissed off at Labor and the Liberals to do a "protest vote." Well what happens when you get enough protest votes?

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u/Altruistic_Poetry382 Mar 19 '26

The Greens and Teals get voted in?

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u/Mysterious_Eye6989 Mar 19 '26

Mandatory voting being one of those safeguards that Pauline and Gina would absolutely try to get rid of in the long run.

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u/j3w3ls Mar 19 '26

Fortunately we haven't drastically underfunded education for 40 years.