What are the government’s proposed changes to the way the Senate is elected? And how will they affect us as voters?
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Those who do understand the Senate voting system have the potential to wield some influence both in its conduct and in debates about how it might be reformed.
With the official count of the Senate now completed, the implications of the contest and what it says about the mindset of the Australian body politic may now proceed. The key consequences of the half-Senate…
The record large Senate ballot papers have probably already annoyed many early voters. Their great length - over a metre in NSW and Victoria – will soon annoy many more voters. However, the real annoyance…
