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Libs preference decision may not hurt Greens as much as you might think

Posted by Vote Climate on Thursday, August 15, 2013, In : Preferencing 

Will the Liberals' decision to give preferences to Labor put an end to the Greens' chances of winning seats at this election? Tim Colebatch in the Age (15/8) argues that Adam Bandt still has a reasonable chance of retaining his seat of Melbourne and that the Greens could hold their own, or even improve their position in the Senate. 


He explains this as follows:

... if Liberal voters direct preferences as they did in the 2010 state election – the last time the Liberals told their supporters t...


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Can Wikileaks win a seat in the Victorian senate?

Posted by Vote Climate on Wednesday, August 14, 2013, In : Micro parties 
The Wikileaks Party is of interest because they have a reasonable climate policy and they are competing with Janet Rice from the Greens (with a better climate policy) for the last Victorian senate place. Polls give wildly conflicting estimates of what their share of the vote will be. Hence the Glenn Druery preference deals described in the article posted below are of central importance. Crikey has a detailed analysis. Read more here. 

Some quotes from the Crikey article:
Julian Assange's WikiL...

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Micro party preferences - beware!

Posted by Vote Climate on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, In : Micro parties 
There are about 50 registered groups competing for Senate seats this election. These include Coke in the Bubblers Party, the Smoker's Rights Party, the Animal Justice Party, Bullet Train for Australia party and the Help End Marijuana Prohibition Party (HEMP).  These parties have little hope of winning an outright ''quota'' - 14.3 per cent of the primary vote in a state (or 33 per cent in a territory). However, preference deals are being organised which could win one of them a senate seat with...
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