This Is How People Cast A Vote In Remote Australia
For many Australians, voting is a simple matter of strolling to the nearest public school, numbering a few boxes on the ballot paper, and picking up a sausage sandwich on the way out.99.99% of the Northern TerritoryIt takes in the remote communities and outstations in Australia’s Top End and Outback, as well as urban centres including Alice Springs and Katherine.
Roy told BuzzFeed News one of the big issues in Kalkarindji is the Community Development Program, the controversial work-for-the-dole system in remote Australia."CDP’s going back to modern slavery,” he said. He was also excited about the potential for a Voice to Parliament. “It’s about time that we have our rights heard and get involved with the constitution,” he said.Warren Snowdon campaigns with opposition leader Bill Shorten in Wurrumiyanga on the Tiwi Islands in April.
When polling opened at a community in Stone Country in Arnhem Land last Wednesday, Snowdon’s team tried to drive in but were blocked by high rivers. The Labor team ended up chartering a flight in, while the AEC arrived by helicopter. It doesn’t always go according to plan. Snowdon said Labor had missed some booths at outstations, which were inaccessible because of the roads and weather.On Wednesday, a polling booth was open between 12pm and 1pm at an outstation called Ukaka, near Kings Canyon. But, according to Mayor, “there was no-one there — just a dog". Well, no voters, but four AEC officers and some campaigners.
Without all the fanfare at booths in urban centres, it can be easy to just not notice that the election is on. Indeed, when BuzzFeed News caught up with Roy again a few days after polling opened at Kalkarindji on May 8, he said he hadn’t voted. “I didn’t even know they were here,” he said.
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