Aus Votes
David Pope
The great Australian tradition of the democracy sausage – what would election day be without it? David Pope loads the ‘Morrison–Albanese sausage’ with details from the campaign: from the teal sauce squirted on the snag to the aged-care home resident on the barbeque. The big question: which end would Australian voters find more palatable?
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1977: National Song Poll
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1946: Social Services referendum
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1928: State debts
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