Does compulsory voting encourage turnout among voters in the “centre” with little interest in politics who would otherwise stay at home — or does it perhaps encourage political entrepreneurs such as ...

Tom Rogers: It absolutely has. We've had compulsory enrolment, as well. Compulsory enrolment, compulsory voting for, I think, almost a century in Australia. It's very well accepted. Surveys ...

"The ocean is right there. So a lot of people come up from especially down in Bondi. They come out of the water and come vote. Me, honestly, I could have worn my clothes, but I actually enjoy it. I ...

Eminence Advisory’s Dimitri Burshtein discusses compulsory preferential voting in Australia, reflecting on the problems associated with the system. “Democracy is meant to represent something, it’s ...

A recent survey highlighted that less than a third of the Australian population believe that “people in government can be trusted.” Australia is perceived as a country weathering the current global ...

Australia, Brazil and Singapore are among the 14 countries that have compulsory voting laws. Despite declining turnouts in US elections, the idea has seldom been mentioned here by prominent ...