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Forum: Australia
Mar 21st 2013, 12:41 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

That's another problem with the Australian Federal system - the 3 year govenrment cycle means you are never further than 18 months away from an election - this breeds short termist thinking I think....
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2013, 11:33 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

I think the key difference is that FPTP is predicated on local representation - you vote for a local member for the seat you live in - where PR is predicated on national representation, and you lose...
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2013, 6:41 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

Well, it certainly leads to more accurate representation, however this is usually at the cost of government stability


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Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2013, 6:37 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

So is FPTP not the most representative system at seat level? it could be argued that it may be, but when the seats are aggregated over the country, it often follows that the ruling party is not the...
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2013, 6:15 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

Exactly - but this is politically apathetic Australia - So the majority won't...


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Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2013, 3:43 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

There's a lot of professions that should be more like that sadly. And welcome back - it's been a while...





The issues of first past the post is certainly exaggerated by voter apathy, where...
Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2013, 1:36 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

The preference flows make it very difficult to actually work out where your vote is going. I think it's unnecessarily complex, particularly for a nation that is generally politically apathetic. The...
Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2013, 1:20 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

That's a genius idea!


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Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2013, 12:36 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,199
Posted By Swerv-o

Re: Australian voting system

This is definitely the farce of the party system, and makes the entire thing undemocratic in my opinion. Your local member - in theory - is there to represent the majority opinion of the...
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