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Unrepresentative Victorian swill

Preference trading corrupts Victorian politics

26 November 2022

9:00 AM

26 November 2022

9:00 AM

The Victorian election promises to deliver one of the most bizarre legislatures that Australia has ever seen. This is due to an electoral system in the upper house that is so easily manipulated.

Victoria is the only state that persists with a Group Voting Ticket (GVT) – a list of written preferences that parties instruct the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) to adhere to when distributing votes.

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Ross Fitzgerald is Emeritus Professor of History and Politics at Griffith University. His most recent publications are the co-authored political satire, ‘The Lowest Depth’ and ‘My Last Drink: 32 stories of recovering alcoholics’, co-edited with Neal Price.

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