Past policies have created barriers to voting in remote First Nations communities
- Written by Morgan Harrington, Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
The rate of voter participation in federal elections by people living in remote Indigenous communities has been lower than the national average since First Nations people were granted the right to vote in 1962. In recent years, the rate has been in decline. Rates are lowest in the Northern Territory.
The low rate of participation among First...
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