"It's the first time I have read anybody suhhest that the new...

"It's the first time I have read anybody suhhest that the new rules could favour a micro party."
April 07, 2016

Double Dissolution Likely to Weaken the Turnbull Government's Senate Position

With the passage of Senate electoral reform and recall of Parliament for April 18, the groundwork has been laid for the Turnbull government to use the new electoral system at a double dissolution election and wipe the Senate's political slate clean.
Electoral reform has aggravated the half dozen cross-bench Senators whose terms run past the next election and through to 2020. A double dissolution would allow the government to clear out the cross bench, though who their replacements would be is not clear.
But there are serious questions whether a double dissolution would be of any benefit to the government's Senate position.
As modelling in this post shows, a double dissolution is unlikely to deliver the Coalition more Senate seats than it currently holds. The government would still need the support of up to half a dozen cross bench Senators to pass legislation.
The only real winner from a double dissolution would be South Australian independent Nick Xenophon, who would bring in two or three Senators on his coat tails.
Looking past the polls and concentrating only on the Senate's complex quota mathematics, the government's best chance of improving its Senate position would be continuing through to a normal House and half-Senate election later in the year.
In summary the government currently has 33 Senators. It is likely to return fewer than 33 seats at a double dissolution, but would probably increase its numbers to 34 seats at a half-Senate election.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/
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The new rules are about the voter directing their preferences rather than back room deals with Union money, then payback by small micro parties.
The new rules are actually a true democracy where the voter votes in the Senate, not by deals and not by the CFMEU!
Why has it taken so long to get it right.? Only God and Anthony Green knows.
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Read the following site..


http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/

Any journalist that writes articles refers back to this site with Anthony Green!! (as far as I know)
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