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after the voter turnout of those registered to vote in Australia was as low as 47%. Since voting was made compulsory by the Federal Government, voter turnout has remained around 94-96%. Over twenty countries have some form of compulsory voting which…

called on the 22nd March 2003. It was called due to the fixed term, which had ended. The fixed term means that an election must be held every 4 years. There are also federal and local elections every 4 years. The local electorate for Albion Park rail…

trying to help our nation get on its feet, a series of problems faced the nation. When framing the Constitution they developed several constitutional principles of government which have become fundamental to the nation’s political operation. Some…

Teenagers will do just about anything to fit in with the "popular" crowd. Drinking and partying are both viewed as cool or popular in the eyes of some teenagers. What does a teenage party consist of? Well, it will usually take place in a house with…

and brutal exploitation of the economically weaker, more backward peoples -- these two features characterize the foreign policy of United States imperialism at present. Wall Street's dollars and marines are extending…

pupils in Des Moines, Iowa, were suspended from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Government's policy in Vietnam. John F. Tinker, 15 years old, and petitioner Christopher Eckhardt, 16 years old, attended high schools in Des Moines,…

Delinquents INTRODUCTION "I had a girl shot in a tavern because she didn't lower her radio. She came in the tavern, was having a drink, had her radio on, some guy asked her to turn down her radio, she said 'Fuck you,' he pulled out a gun, shot her…

be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual without having to pay the penalty for it. --Henry David Thoreau INTRODUCTION On Friday, September 2, 1994, the citizens of Massachusetts…

hot topics. Enter any politician's reelection or fledgling campaign headquarters and the topic of conversation will undoubtedly center on whatever ideology some moralistic special interest policy group has determined the country needs shoved down its…

the other day, and I asked myself how the one candidate lost by receiving over 500,000 more votes (539,947 to be precise) than the nearest competitor (Bush 50,456,169 votes; Gore 50,996,116 votes). I have always had the notion that the person who receive…