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18/07/24

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Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

sook sook sook sook

poor old Liberal supporters --------------- look back to the glory days eh
when Billy Hughes -- then Nationalist Party (anti Labor) (he was earlier Labor, then changed and became conservative) and Prime Minister

then he brought in what would be preferential voting -

so - how's it workin out for you fellas??????

''The preferential voting system in Australia was introduced by the conservative federal government led by Billy Hughes in 1918[2]. This was done primarily in response to the rise of the Country Party, which represented small farmers[2].
The main reasons for introducing preferential voting were:
1. To address the split in the anti-Labor vote in conservative country areas[2].
2. To allow competition between the two conservative parties (Hughes' Nationalist Party and the Country Party) without risking seats to the Labor Party[2].
3. To ensure that candidates elected had majority support, as preferential voting requires candidates to receive over 50% of the vote[1].
The system was first used in a federal by-election for the seat of Corangamite on December 14, 1918[2]. It's worth noting that Queensland had already introduced preferential voting for state elections in 1892[2].
This change to preferential voting has had a lasting impact on Australian politics, helping to support the three-party system that has remained fundamentally unchanged to this day[3]. The system has since been extended to both upper and lower houses in federal, state, and territory legislatures, as well as to many other types of elections in Australia[2].
Citations:
[1] https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-p...al-voting-system-used-at-australian-elections
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system_of_Australia
[3] https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/history-of-electoral-reform.htm
[4] https://www.aec.gov.au/learn/preferential-voting.htm
[5] https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...dure/Practice7/HTML/Chapter3/Method_of_voting

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Why isn't the ALP referencing the LNP ahead of the Greens? The Greens stand for Hamas terrorism yet the ALP prefers them. What say you pintohoo?
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