I guess the importance of every single vote is the reason why we Aussies are compelled to turn up at the voting booth and receive a ballot form. What we do then is up to us! So I suppose it is that we have compulsory voting opportunity whilst not compulsory voting. The result is mostly we all vote in a reductive system which will sometimes elect the least preferred candidate. But there really isn't that much difference between 'them' anyway!

I can't believe that TV hosts (or radio ones) could be so unpleasant and ill-mannered. It's awful! At least they could be polite whilst being bigots.