‘It’s kind of unreal’: new citizens feel the ‘power’ of voting in Australia for the first time

The Australian Electoral Commission estimates about 440,000 new citizens will cast a vote in 2022

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For Jamshid Mirzaee, this federal election has been a first in many ways.

It is the first time he has voted, for anything; the first election campaign he's seen and the first time he has felt recognised as a citizen of Australia.