Anyone can participate

Published: 29 August 2010

WE'VE fulfilled our civic duty at another federal election, now it's time to get back to the footy, the beach, the bush, the TV, a good book, or whatever takes our fancy.

But our job's not over yet. We still need to be taking an interest in what happens next - the wheeling and dealing that's to come in putting our new government in place.

Now that we've had our say, if the result is not to our liking or there are still issues that we want our representatives to be giving attention to, we should be letting them know. It's up to us to participate as best we can to make our democracy work for the common good.

PETER BUGDEN
Editor