He says ensuring Labor benefits from the scheme is important to prevent them reforming group voting tickets. “Now, the Labor party was very happy with that. “Four of the suckers, so suffice to say that the Greens and Greens supporters don’t send me Christmas cards,” Druery says. In the video, Druery claims the CFMEU wanted to organise for a candidate – Animal Justice party’s Andy Meddick – to win a seat in parliament and, in exchange, the union would ensure Labor preferenced minor parties ahead of the Greens, who lost four seats. Pennicuik received about 13% of first-preference votes. Sustainable Australia’s Clifford Hayes won a seat in the southern metropolitan region with 1.32% of first-preference votes, ending the Greens MP Sue Pennicuik’s 12-year career.
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Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup They included Transport Matters party’s Rod Barton, elected with a record low count of first preference votes: 2,508 out of 418,532 votes, or 0.6%. Voters can also vote below the line, and list their own preferences, but fewer than 9% did so at the 2018 election.ĭruery worked with eight of the 11 crossbenchers who were elected that year by preferencing each other. Under the system, voters can choose just one party above the line on the ballot paper and their preferences are allocated by that party.
Victoria’s Legislative Council is the only jurisdiction in Australia where a particular form of group voting is still allowed. He offers to help the party get elected for a fee of $55,000 and refers to the success of a 2018 deal with the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union that ensured Labor preferenced minor parties above the Greens, who subsequently lost four seats.
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