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No it is not Howard. It is actually more complex than that. It is not AV but members of parliament go through a series of elimination ballots to reduce the field to two candidates who are subject to a member vote. There are very different dynamics involved to AV.
Tom is right. A lot of people will not use second/third etc preferences and results elsewhere show the winner falling short of 50%.
The Australian experience is not good and it would not be a surprise if they dropped it in favour of a return to FPTP. Then there is what, Fiji and Papua New Guinea only who use this flawed system.
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