Youth prefer blogging to voting

Research has found that many young Australians wouldn't vote if they didn't have to. Image: iStockphoto Young Australians are a potent but often misunderstood political force - more likely to exercise their democratic voice by blogging or taking part in a protest rally, than enrolling to vote or joining a political party, according to Director of the Whitlam Institute at the University of Western Sydney, Mr Eric... [read full story]