BREAKING: Liberals reveal dark plan for Australian democracy.

I never thought I would have fight for democracy here in Australia.

A Liberal controlled Parliamentary committee has released an authoritarian vision for Australian democracy (thread) #auspol
❌ Abolishing compulsory preferential voting and replace it with optional preferential voting;
❌ Introducing voter ID laws, disenfranchising vulnerable citizens, including people experiencing homelessness and domestic violence, and many First Nations Australians;
❌ Abolishing by-elections and allow the retiring member’s party to choose their replacement, eroding the democratic right of Australians to elect their lower house representatives; and
❌ Stopping workers and third parties from speaking to voters as they go to cast their ballot.
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