"Politics are very strange and they do have a healthy mandatory voting for citizens (we still do not qualify for that status) with possible fines for failing to vote."

There is nothing healthy about a government that forces you to vote. It's just another method the political class uses to legitimize their rule over you. Given their history, you'd think Australians would understand this, but apparently not.

Oh well, at least a few still get it.

http://www.compulsoryvoting.org