The almost-certain-to-be-passed changes will be suited for those supporting them,not so suited for Labor and catastrophic for the micro-partiesSenate voting reform is not entirely a “he said, she said epic, or despite being so often presented that way.
The changes to Senate voting about to be introduced,and almost certainly passed, will change the makeup of the upper house to the advantage of the parties lining up to vote for them (the Coalition, or the Greens and Nick Xenophon),will be to the disadvantage of the Labor party and are likely to be to the catastrophic (as in wipeout) disadvantage of the very small micro-parties (this being the one of the stated points of the exercise).
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Source: theguardian.com