There is no option for a No vote other than submitting a blank or invalid ballot card. Each year there is about 4-5% informal vote based on the 2001 election result and donkey voting (numbering candidates down the card from 1-n), is now less than 1%.
Through fines for not attending. You have to be enrolled to vote for them to catch you quickly otherwise if you never enroll they have to run checks from our Centrelink (Social Security), against the rolls to find people of voting age who are not registered. That slows em down by a few months but they catch up eventually.
They never prosecute unless you have racked up enough fines to make it worth taking you to court. Don't recall any recent prison sentences for non payment of the fines though.
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