Submitted 7 months ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-24/tasmanian-election-results-and-what-happens-next/103624248
Despite calling an early election to regain majority government, the Tasmanian Liberals have fallen short. But so too has Labor. Here's what will happen next.
Face it, the country needs to switch to an open list proportional representation system in parliament and the senate.
Problem: Aussies have no way to trigger changes to these rules without widespread political unrest and the majors absolutely wont weaken their position.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Well,I did my bit and voted Green 1 thru 7. Alas didnt help much.
antidote101@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I wouldn’t say that, every vote for the greens pushes both parties in that direction because it lets them know that’s where they need to go to win votes.
They call it a protest vote, and protest can be an effective means of long term change and signalling to the powers that be.
Protest voting does a lot more than it’s given credit for.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Sounds like the Greens did well:
Sounds like there’s also a chance they’ll help form minority government, which would be pretty much the best result anyone could reasonably have expected.
TassieTosser@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Same, I was really hoping Eric Abetz wouldn’t get in though. He needed to go quietly into the good night.