How Voting Works in Australia

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Whenever there's an election coming up, you probably hear a lot of talk about electorates, but what is an electorate anyway? Here's a crash course on how politics and voting works in Australia that should sort things out for you and help you understand why some electorates get a lot more attention than others.

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