Talk:Suffrage in Australia

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Description of extension of suffrage to 18-year-olds

The introduction states that "Today, the right to vote... is enjoyed by all citizens of Australia over the age of 18 years", but there is no mention of this age in the rest of the article.Rscragun (talk) 02:17, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There has been some improvement on this. I am considering changing the date when NSW changed its voting age to 18 from 1970 to 1973 to reflect that the law commenced on 21 March 1973 despite being passed in 1970 and cite the original law (Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act 1970) or the Gazette announcing its commencement date (GG No 36 of 21.3.1973, p 883).Rscragun (talk) 21:24, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Compulsory voting

I came to this article hoping to find whether voting in the NT (Reps only — it was "Silent Sam" Calder when I arrived) was compulsory for Aborigines as it was for us "blow-ins". An Aboriginal co-worker in Darwin once said it was voluntary, but I doubted him at the time and still do. Doug butler (talk) 23:15, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Racial restrictions on voting

Hello all

I have clarified the racial restrictions on voting by adding material from the article [[Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902]]. The poresentarticle has a lot of inaccurateand repetitive material which I will try to tidy up over the next few days.

Happy to discuss Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 01:11, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds great. Your corrections (and the article in general as it has been until now) tend to err towards minimisation of the racial components. Please try to ensure the article is clear that only some people/women (ie mostly just European descent, or "White" people) were granted those rights in that time period. Also, just FYI, the common modern convention is to refer to "New Zealand" as "Aotearoa New Zealand", or variations of that. Moduletor (talk) 01:41, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and I apologise for the second revert which was unintentional. I have responded in detail on your Talk page, and we can discuss my revisions to the article here if required. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 03:07, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rationalising article

Hello all

I have cut quite a bit of repeated information and some irrelevant information. The article only needs to state each development in Australian suffrage once, accurately and with a reliable source. This can then be summarised in the lead. The article still has a structural problem in that there are separate sub-headings for women and Indigenous Australians which aren't ideal because they confuse the chronology, make repetitions necessary, and are covered in detail in separate articles. A better structure would be to consider local, colonial, state and federal suffrage in separate sections. However, I will stick with the current structure for the moment as it will take considerable time to re-write the article with a more rational structure. I will also try to progressively add reliable sources and rationalise the citations.

Happy to discuss. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 05:50, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks and agree with the above. I think possibly this article should be moved to Voting rights in Australia, as that would line up better with other articles. I T B F 💬 08:42, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Territory

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I have moved this section to the history section where it more logically belongs. I have added content on voting rights and have moved some content about the details of political institutions to the article on History of the Northern Territory where it more logically belongs.

Happy to discuss Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 23:36, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disenfranchisement of people with disabilities

Given that there is a section in this page on disenfranchisement of prisoners, it seemed remiss that there wasn't also a section for people with disabilities. In the future I hope this topic will have it's own page. Moduletor (talk) 09:09, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed your unsourced editorial comment and provided a more accurate summary of the source. As previously discussed on your Talk page please take note of policy on Neutral Point of View and reliably sourcing statements of fact and opinion. Given that the discussion is about the unsound mind provision, I have changed the subheading to reflect this. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 10:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]