Melbourne City Councillor Philip Le Liu has encouraged foreign students from China to register as voters : Consequences for Melbourne City Council elections as well as state and Federal elections

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

The above is from a website that has been taken down. Its contents have however been copied and translated by China analyst Geoff Wade. The translation of the Chinese characters above (which have been checked) says: 

Melbourne Mayoral election is nearing: Can non-Australia citizens also vote? Melbourne City Councillor Philip Le Liu says that this is indeed a vote that foreign students can participate in. The precondition is that they register before a fixed date.

Liu's statement is interesting  Voting in any election in Australia is restricted to citizens. 

Liu is running in the coming Melbourne Council Elections, on an unofficial Liberal ticket. 

The presence of Chinese foreign students on the electoral rolls will have consequences for the results of past local council, state and federal elections. 

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