Am I the only one who finds this shallow discussion totally unrelated to John Howard. You guys have seriously too much respect for our political system, its like John Howard The great leader of a utopian Australia has been given a majority in the senate because of some amazing ability to manipulate anything and everything in his way.l The people in this forum who support Howard need take a trip to the burbs and outer metro areas where workers child care is being shut down/defunded like never before, poverty is everywhere. F$#@ Howard and his illegitimate majority, I didnt vote for it, and theres good chance half the people who did could not explain to me optional preferential proportional representation.