Low Information Voter on Nostr: From the article: ""Consider the sheer number of people that citizenship requirements ...
From the article:
""Consider the sheer number of people that citizenship requirements disenfranchise.
At the time of the last census (August 2021), there were 1.2 million permanent residents in Australia who had arrived since 2000. These individuals cannot vote even if they are of voting age, despite some of them having lived here for over two decades.
In addition, there were 1.6 million people living in Australia on temporary visas — skilled workers, students, New Zealanders and others, who also cannot vote even if they are of voting age.
Together these cohorts totalled 2.8 million — approximately 10% of the population. Home Affairs data suggests this had since risen to at least 3.4 million by 2022"
Those permanent residents, if they want to become Australian, can apply for citizenship after five years.
And giving the vote to temporarily resident guest workers, tourists and international students is a thought-bubble so fundamentally stupid, irresponsible and rort-prone I expect to see it in a major party platform within the year.
If temprary residents are feeling disenfrachised, thats terrible, and we should save them by shutting the relevant program down and amending the Constitution by referrendum to prevent its revival.
""Consider the sheer number of people that citizenship requirements disenfranchise.
At the time of the last census (August 2021), there were 1.2 million permanent residents in Australia who had arrived since 2000. These individuals cannot vote even if they are of voting age, despite some of them having lived here for over two decades.
In addition, there were 1.6 million people living in Australia on temporary visas — skilled workers, students, New Zealanders and others, who also cannot vote even if they are of voting age.
Together these cohorts totalled 2.8 million — approximately 10% of the population. Home Affairs data suggests this had since risen to at least 3.4 million by 2022"
Those permanent residents, if they want to become Australian, can apply for citizenship after five years.
And giving the vote to temporarily resident guest workers, tourists and international students is a thought-bubble so fundamentally stupid, irresponsible and rort-prone I expect to see it in a major party platform within the year.
If temprary residents are feeling disenfrachised, thats terrible, and we should save them by shutting the relevant program down and amending the Constitution by referrendum to prevent its revival.