A newcomer's view of the New England by-election

By Steve Evans
Updated December 4 2017 - 4:50pm, first published 8:17am
Opponents not enemies at the voting booth on Grey Street in Glen Innes. Good humour prevailed among rivals.
Opponents not enemies at the voting booth on Grey Street in Glen Innes. Good humour prevailed among rivals.

Earlier in the year, I stood and watched as aged people waited in long lines to vote in South Korea. These were frail men and women who remembered the years of dictatorship when dissidents were thrown from helicopters by the secret police.

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