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YOUTHS ,IN SERVICE
Australia's Electoral Law To Be Altered
N.Z. Press Association. —Copyright Rec. noon. CANBERRA, this day. Irrespective of their age, members of Australia's fighting forces and women's auxiliaries are to have the vote at all Federal elections. Cabinet has decided to introduce such an electoral bill to apply to all members of the armed services, inside or outside Australia. „ " It is estimated that the bill will give more than 100,000 minors the right to vote. The Government believes that persons serving in the forces on which Australia's security depends are entitled to a voice in deciding who snail govern Australia.,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 40, 17 February 1943, Page 3
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