The method.....suggested for resolving the WA senate vote without another poll would be just about the most undemocratic thing possible.
And that's not more undemocratic than the farce Labor are foisting on us NSW voters ATM? The prick, Carr, is resigning BEFORE his next term starts. This allows the Undemocratic Labor Party to allow another hack into the Senate not elected by NSW voters. To rub salt into the wound that prick, Carr, had the hide to recommend external appointments to the Senate to get "talent" into the ministry, a forelock tug to his favourite people, Septics.
I've often remarked to my wife the Labor Party isn't very democratic (Eddie and Joe don't like you so you're out, this seat's the left's so fools like Laurie Ferguson get a gig, the AWU'll be choosing the second spot on the Senate ticket, Bill Ludwig's son must be #1 on the Queensland ticket, etc.); this is typically symptomatic of the complete lack of democracy in the ALP. Until they have the courage to instigate some serious reforms they'll be in opposition in all Australian jurisdictions for some time. They should take a leaf out of Tony Blair's book and break the nexus with the union movement.
Appreciate the need to maintain the integrity of our democracy, but the job of filling the vacancy for Bob Carr has been delegated to the NSW State Parliament, who will (or have) simply rubber stamped the recommendation of the NSW Labour Party. The constitution allows for this rather efficient, practical and cost effective method of resolving a vacancy in the ranks of the Senate.
The problem seems to be that there are a series of vacancies within the ranks of the senators representing WA in the Federal Parliament. Leave the problem to filling those vacancies up to the WA State Parliament.
There should be sufficient guidance as to the general will of the WA people on the basis of the current make up of the existing democratically elected WA State Parliament, the lower house members from WA Federal Seats, and the "vibe" of the initial votes and preferences from the first go at the WA Senate election.
Think outside the box. WA State Parliament to endorse 3 Coalition Spots, 1 ALP Spot, and the last spot to be rotated for two years each between ALP, PUP, and Greens. That is how you save $10 million and while keeping the integrity of the democratic process alive.
Either that or run the NSW Senate vote again to replace the vacancy caused by Mr Carr as well. His "successful" candidacy appears to have been obtained under false pretenses, and with a condition attached - "If the ALP don't win the Government, regardless of whether I an elected by the people to represent them, I won't serve."
My point raised earlier about Carr, and reinforced here with Herron, is if these people had no intention of seeing out their six year Senate terms WTF did they stand? The ensuing replacements chosen by the departing senators' political parties rather than the electorate is very undemocratic. Labor are much more guilty of this than any other party.
At least Carr retiring doesn't come at a substantial cost to taxpayers.
I blame Tony Abbott and the liberal party for this situation we as a country find ourself in.
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No because of the hate and fear campaign that him and his cronies have been peddling for the last 5 years.Because he personally parented those 4 young adults through their formative years and turned them into little bogans?
Or because the Liberals have been in power their whole formative years and are therefore responsible for their culture?
Society is what we determine it to be as a society. Political opinion follows public opinion, usually not the other way round.
You know it was Labor who re-implemented offshore processing right? They are as equally guilty in their poor treatment of asylum seekers. To try and pin it solely on the liberals is cherry picking.No because of the hate and fear campaign that him and his cronies have been peddling for the last 5 years.
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