DEAR News Of The Area,
FROM my observations at polling booths, it is clear that many voters are ignorant of the system of government in this country.
Some of the voting public do not know the difference between State and Federal governments, let alone who the candidates represent.
If voting is compulsory, so should education about government in this country be.
The school curriculum shouldn’t rely on the whim of the current principal.
When my granddaughter attended Hastings Public School there was a Year 6 educational role-play of Parliament in operation, beginning with the selection of candidates.
I think this education should be accepted country wide and hopefully continued in secondary school.
Dinner table conversations might lead to parents and children being better informed and this reflected in the election results.
Surely this is what a true democracy is?
Yours sincerely,
Betty STARR.
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