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Julian Thomas

A Win and A Prayer edited by Peter Browne and Julian Thomas & Run Johnny, Run by Mungo MacCallum

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February 2005, no. 268
Philip Selth reviews ‘A Win And A Prayer: Scenes From The 2004 Australian Election’ edited by Peter Browne and Julian Thomas and ‘Run, Johnny, Run’ by Mungo MacCallum

On 9 October 2004, 13,098,461 electors were enrolled to vote for the federal parliament. The Australian Electoral Commission’s website records 11,715,132 electors having voted for the House of Representatives on a two-party preferred result. So much for voting in a federal election having been compulsory since 1911. And not a few will have left the polling booth wondering, ‘Why bother?’

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