More Australian MPs: Labor to consider the first expansion of parliament in four decades
The number of MPs has not increased since the Hawke government, and they now represent triple the people they did at Federation.
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The number of MPs has not increased since the Hawke government, and they now represent triple the people they did at Federation.
The number of MPs has not increased since the Hawke government, and they now represent triple the people they did at Federation.
I never get too stressed about a new government unless they’re promising really worrying ‘stuff’. So in picking an election winner, I often use the method I employ when I’m invited to the races.
Chris Minns is the favourite to become the next premier of NSW but Labor could be forced to rely on the radical Greens or regional independents to form a minority government.
When Victoria went to the polls last November, Michelle Young stayed at home. She was part of a cohort that made the election our lowest for voter turnout rate since 1943.