The fact that each state gets the same number of senators is a seriously undemocratic feature, but does it actually make a difference to the results? asks Charles Richardson.
Senate election
Pollbludger: Forecasting the Senate
Like so much else this year, speculation about the Senate election has been guided by “the narrowing”. That means it is necessary to revise the view that the Coalition will be strong enough in the Senate to make life difficult for an incoming Rudd government, writes William Bowe.
Poll Bludger: Disenfranchising the young and the restless
It’s unlikely to make a huge amount of difference, but it is nonetheless pleasing to note that the government has suffered a hiccup in its bid to purge the electoral roll of undesirables, writes William Bowe.
Green preferences could swing the Senate
A headline in today’s Age has “Labor-Greens feud verging on war”. That was certainly the message from Greens leader Bob Brown in Friday’s Australian, in an op-ed piece titled “Greens won’t preference the ALP”.
Time to uncork the enormous potential of the Senate
The two party tyranny of Australian politics is in desperate need of a shake-up. To put it bluntly, we need to get the major parties out of the Senate, writes Klaas Woldring.
