I paid $3.50, but got free onions. Interested to hear what others paid.

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      11 year ago

      My girlfriend (who is not an Australian citizen and has never had to vote here) thought exactly the same thing. She was asking me if I could get free lemon slices again after I voted today.

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      11 year ago

      In my defence, I’ve read lots about Australian democracy sausage and how every polling station has one so I just thought it was a part of the volunteering process of Australian democracy.

      Also, this is the first time I’m reading about prices for it, so I thought I’d have heard about it being paid before. I also thought it was a cheap sausage.

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          11 year ago

          No I thought the like the sausage is cheap for the person giving it out since it’s bought in bulk, subsidised and of basic quality.

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            Definitely not subsidised in any way. This is roughly equivalent to a US “bake sale” where the school P&C or a sporting organisation sells them as a fundraiser. The govt has zero involvement. It’s purely citizen driven.

            Yes they’re usually fairly cheap/low quality snags though