Letter

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The right to protest is gone

As we sit back and watch our right to protest being eroded by both parties, only our vote is left. In this farce of an election, where most independents are preference-gathering, disgruntled, ex-members of the big two (really one), it is difficult to find out the policies/leanings of the rest.

What will it take to motivate apathetic voters to get up and vote for change? An informal vote is not an answer and should not be encouraged.

Once again, as in times of crisis, the right has resurrected the ever-present suggestion of conscription. Maybe that will be enough to force some change/protest as it did with Vietnam.

Is there anyone left in Parliament who marched or stood on the side and heckled?

— Bob Pearce from Adelaide SA