I am a seventy year old female Australian citizen living in Canberra. I have retired from one career and I am now working part-time in a completely different field of work, so I am still quite active and out in the world. I really enjoyed your book and appreciate the research you have put into your arguments. The book provides me with an evidentiary basis for my intuitive beliefs that all is not well in our democracy. You have given me the details about John Howard's government and leadership style that have really bugged me in the past and I am really cross that we have let him get away with this.

I enjoyed your suggestions at the end of the book and I am reflecting on what I can do to act postively to change things that are within my zone of control. At least I can soon begin with my $2 vote!