How the democracy sausage - a polling day snack - became Australia's election symbol

George Mihalcea

(3 May 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Sydney, Australia – 3 May 2025 1. Pan from voters queuing outside polling station at Bondi Beach to sausage sizzle stand 2. Close of sausages being cooked on barbecue 3. Pan of people queuing at sausage stand 4. Ketchup and mustard bottles on table ASSOCIATED PRESS Near Melbourne, Australia – 3 May 2025 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Brett, author and LaTrobe University Professor: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS IN SHOT 2, PART OVERLAID BY SHOTS 3-6++ "