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    Snag A Democracy Sausage Before The Nutjobs Strip Voting Rights

    Aussie voters in Tokyo will be able to snag a democracy sausage if they go to the Australian Embassy in Tokyo from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, according to the Embassy website. This be an opportunity to exercise a hard-fought right to vote (or avoid being fined for not doing so because votng is compulsory). And it also presents an extremely rare instance of being able to see consular officials helping Australians and earning some of the cost of the world’s most expensive passports, ensuring the documents are not a complete rort. Australia is one of the few countries that make voting mandatory, which I believe…

  • Rort/だます

    Rort Australian English To cheat, abuse, defraud, or obtain under false pretenses. It is usually used in reference to a system rather than individuals. 日本語 だます。不正使用する。だまし取る。普段、rortは、人などに対してより制度や組織に対して使う。いい例えとして、「架空請求」などがオーストラリアで行なった場合はおそらくrortと言われる。 Plain English Cheat, abuse (a system or organization). Strine Dictionary