clive palmer unofficial king of oz, page-66

the preferential system has worked perfectly well

what it has indicated in the last 2 elections is firstly the major parties are not very good at the moment and people are looking for alternatives

voters are becoming like people ...diverse and more independent thinkers and individual

if we had leaders with charisma ala bob hawke
or great philosophical and idealistic policies to vote for
then we wouldnt be in this mess

the lower house was pretty one sided imo
but the austn people have been hoodwinked into thinking that the senate is a place to keep the lower house in check...which is rubbish its really a place to swing some deals

so we need some charisma and some great new ground breaking policies to woo voters to eliminate the minors.

it will happen but not yet