[LINK] Not-Quite-On-Topic: Senate not a lay-down misere

[Howard Lowndes]

Roger Clarke wrote:
> 
> [I don't normally open the front part of The Australian, but I happened 
> to today, and blow me down if Harry isn't in there as well as the SMH, 
> with a piece on a different but also very important topic]
> 
> [I can't find a CV for him, but this page
> http://www.adf.com.au/archive.php?doc_id=7#evans
> says he got a BA(Hons) degree in 1967, suggesting he may have been born 
> in 1945, in which case he's only just hitting 60 - I *hope* that means 
> he's far too young to be contemplating retirement, even though he's been 
> in that pressure-cooker job for 17 years, since 1988]
> 
> 
> Clerk of the Senate Harry Evans: Abuse of majority too risky
> The Australian
> OpEd Piece
> June 21, 2005
> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15674988%255E7583,00.html 

The trouble with these oped pieces of Harry Evans, and I have to say 
that I totally agree with him, is that he is preaching to the choir, and 
I would venture to suggest that a large part of Link are part of that choir.

When it comes to the voters in general then I believe his words are lost 
in the wind.  The average voter just doesn't get it; they don't have a 
clue about how the electoral system works and I say that from 25 years 
experience at managing elections at all levels of government, and I 
regret to have to say that the younger they are the less the amount of 
clue - they know how to vote someone off Big Brother but they have no 
idea how to vote in a government.   ...now, there might be an idea 
there... :)


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