If the voters don’t award a majority to a single party, it’s hard to see why the electoral system should artificially impose one on them, writes Charles Richardson.
Political conservative
Abjorensen: John Winston Howard, political extremist
Australia has had a few dodgy and iffy governments over the years but political extremism has never really gained a significant toehold. That is, until the current term of the Howard government and its absolute authority over the parliament, writes Norman Abjorensen.
