Alex McDermott is a historian and the author of Australian History for Dummies.
There are good arguments, sound, solid, democratic arguments, both for and against compulsory voting.
Robert Menzies resigned as prime minister in January 1966, ending the longest period – 16 years – as national leader in the history of Australian democracy.
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