Some Australians might take the opportunity to vote for granted, but for new citizens, it can be a privilege to head to the ballot box in a safe democracy.
There are 73,000 voters newly enrolled for the Queensland election, 18,000 of whom became Australian citizens this year.While turning up at the ballot box is a chore or an activity taken for granted by some, for Iraq i-born Atyaf Awad it is a privilege."Someone who is going to benefit everyone, someone who's going to actually put in the effort to make Australia even better."
After she became an Australian citizen last year, the 2024 Queensland election marks the first state election Atyaf has been able to vote in.In Australia, women over 21 have been allowed to vote since 1902, before the age was lowered to 18 in 1973. The Australian Electoral Commission reported 73,000 first-time voters enrolled in Queensland from January 1 until October 5 this year.Another 207,000 people are young electors who voted in the 2022 federal election, but this is their first time voting in a state election.Joao Carlan grew up in Brazil, and moved to Australia in 2011 when he was 21 years old.
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