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Not voting is a vote against the electoral system

The old joke is that no matter whom you vote for, a politician wins. In the era of “me too” elections this is truer than ever, writes the Centre for Independent Studies’ Jeremy Sammut.

Mungo: Howard’s history lesson rings hollow

John Howard continues to insist that the conditions for a change of government in Australia have not been met in 2007, but his attempt to invoke history fails as dismally as everything else he has tried in the last year.