The very parties you are referring to were the ones doing preference deals to assist these minor parties! If they don't want them elected why do preference deals with them?"
Well that's plainly obvious to anyone who understand show the electoral system works kellbys. You do deals to maximise your political advantage.
I'm talking about something different - making the Senate democratic. Ideally, common sense dictates a winner is 50% +1 in any context. It's common sense. Because of the structure of the Senate, that's not possible but there are ways to increase the quota significantly from 14% toward 50. I'm saying, like Keating, that 14% is not worthy of representation by democratic standards, let alone 0.51% which is an abomination.
This would mean the demise of fringe dwelling parties and Independents. I believe that's a good thing. I'm yet to see, in half a decade of following politics, an Independent or fringe Party worthy of having political influence. By virtue of their small representation, they don't represent many views!
