Australia should give permanent residents the vote

根据澳大利亚的选举法律，只有澳大利亚公民有投票权。这意味着数以百万在澳洲工作、生活、居住、缴税的持永久居留签证（PR）的人不能像公民那样投票。

Each year more than 200 thousand permanent visas are issued in Australia.

In most cases permanent residents cannot vote in Australian elections, including the upcoming Federal Election on July 2.

This means millions of Australian residents, while living, working, paying taxes and using public services don’t have the same rights to vote as citizens.

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Heath Pickering is deputy editor of Election Watch. This article was co-published with the University of Melbourne’s Election Watch