Victorian microparty MPs including Georgie Purcell to face re-election struggle after group voting tickets abolished
The Guardian
Victoria's legislative council was the only remaining upper house in Australia to use the GVT system. The electoral amendment (miscellaneous matters) bill 2026 passed the upper house on Tuesday night — 33 votes to four.
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“This reform is about converting the electoral system into one that rewards parties that get votes over parties who, in the past, have been elected by clever preference deals... In the last decade we've had about 20 candidates elected with under 6% of the vote – some as low as 1%... That is impossible under a system where voters control their own preferences.”
“Whatever happens, if the Liberal party form government after the election, even with a majority, they will not have a majority in the upper house. They will have to rely on One Nation in the upper house.”
“going to have a lot of trouble getting someone elected with this new system”
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