Frustration for long-term residents over voting in election

By 6 o'clock on Saturday evening around 15-and-a-half million Australians will have cast their ballots in the 2016 federal election. But there are potentially millions more long-term adult residents who will be watching from the sidelines. Image: Some can only watch the federal election (AAP)

Source: AAP

As this report shows, it has prompted calls for an electoral-law rethink to extend the right-to-vote beyond just citizens.