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Five million in the same boat as Heather Hill

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The Australian parliamentary committee reports that about 5 million Australians are ineligible to hold office because they hold dual citizenship. One Nation Party senator-elect Heather Hill with her xenophobic and chauvinistic ideologies just found out she owes allegiance to the British government. Although lawmakers are not ready to hod the referendum necessary to change the constitution, they do favor replacing the existing section with a simple equipment that elected officials must be citizens of Australia.

Laws, regulations and rules, Behavior, Public participation, Citizenship, Hill, Heather

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The sickening truth about our defence force

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This article examines the chance that a lack of doctors may imperil Australia's commitment to give military assistance to a United Nations peacekeeping force for East Timor. Issues concerning Australia's lack of military preparedness are presented.

Military policy

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Teaching Blair a lesson

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The low turnout in the British election in 2001 is a worrying trend, but positive for Australia where compulsory voting is shown to have merit. Electoral reform either compulsory voting or a preferential system may solve voting problems.

United Kingdom, Methods, Usage, Elections, Voting, Voting, Compulsory, Compulsory voting

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