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Lecturers: encourage your students to enrol and vote in the election

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageMany young people are not engaging in the most fundamental of all democratic rights: voting.

University-aged students in Australia are missing from the electoral roll in large numbers.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) recently released data that suggests that 18% of 18-24 year olds are not registered to vote.

The largest non-enrolled group...

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