The special minister of state,Mal Brough, has a fight with crossbenchers on his hands over plan which would reduce micro-parties’ chances of electionThe Turnbull government’s pledge to try to reform voting rules for the Senate before the next election could sour its relationship with crucial crossbench senators and also trigger a bitter internal fight within the ALP.
The new special minister of state, and Mal Brough,has said he wants to legislate before the next election for the voting rule changes, which would reduce the chances that micro-parties could be elected on a tiny proportion of the vote after elaborate preference deals in future Senate elections. Related: Greens trail on Senate voting reform would lock out micro parties Related: 'insanity' for Labor to back Senate voting changes, or says Sam Dastyari Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com