"As you can imagine my forthright suggestions for improvement in Australian public life were utterly IGNORED" 
 
Yep, that's pretty much what I would imagine.  
 
Mate, do you need to be so self-righteous and rabid? Wouldn't you acomplish more if you attempted to participate in the discussion? Your suggestions don't read like ideas they read like unending complaints and uncompromisable demands. You achieve nothing with such hyperbole.  
 
Good luck with it all, Ben.

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