STORY: :: Australians mark election day with 'democracy sausages' and in 'budgy smugglers'

:: Sydney, Australia

:: May 3, 2025

"The ocean is right there. So a lot of people come up from especially down in Bondi. They come out of the water and come vote. Me, honestly, I could have worn my clothes, but I actually enjoy it. I think it's like a really nice statement of Australian democracy because we have this really beautiful tradition of compulsory voting, voting on a Saturday so everyone can attend, peaceful transition of power. To me it's like a celebration of being Australian, basically. It's really, really beautiful democratic civic tradition as well and that, budgy smugglers are a statement of that along with the democracy sausage or bacon egg roll."