00:00A local council election in the heart of Australia.
00:06I think we can make things better, so hopefully that does happen.
00:11I guess I've paid attention this time, I've never paid attention in the past.
00:14Mayoral candidates and council hopefuls are vying for a spot, but not everyone's engaged.
00:20Nothing's ever done round here. That's why some people don't vote.
00:27I told my family that I want to vote. I don't know why.
00:31And I'm the only one I have to vote for.
00:35Desert Communities in Central Australia records some of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.
00:41Experts say not enough is being done to engage Aboriginal voters.
00:46While there's been a surge in Indigenous enrolment rates in the Northern Territory,
00:52there hasn't actually in fact been adequate outreach and education programs followed through with since the 2023 voice referendum.
01:02The law academic says there needs to be more accessible polling booths in remote areas.
01:07Without addressing the barrier to proper enfranchisement and inclusion of Indigenous potential voters,
01:14it creates further marginalisation of those voters.
01:18A call for greater engagement and a louder voice from remote Australia.
01:23The same kind of people at home are public,
01:25is generally maintained by the end of the world.
01:27While we have the lowest people who live here,
01:28the 50-60s in the world are not only people who live here,
01:30there are no refugees who are missing people who live here.
01:32The rule is not only women who live here,
01:33but with a rather rather than because those people who live here are not only people,
01:35we are not only people who live here in the world of Israel.
01:36All the people that live here and do that.
01:37The opportunity that they live here,
01:38they live here today to be an unfair event.
01:39This is an example of the beginning,
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