Aussie Greens set to hold balance in Senate
Thursday, November 8th, 2007The Aussie Greens are going to do very well this election on the 24th of November.
In the Australian Senate, they have made preference deals with Labour and the Democrats which means they swap any “surplus” vote from other parties to help them win senate seats on a proportional state-by-state basis. Keep watching… Go bob go!
PS - check out the video file… nice news coverage.
Ariel Lade, Foreign Correspondent
Greens set to hold balance in Senate
By Deborah Cornwall, abc.net.au
One of the most unexpected results of the last federal election was the Coalition wresting control of the Senate away from Labor and the minor parties.
This cleared the way for the Government to push through legislation like WorkChoices in the certain knowledge they had the numbers in the Upper House.
No matter who wins this election, analysts say it is unlikely either of the major parties will have a majority in the Senate in the next term. And there is a strong possibility the Greens may end up holding the balance of power.
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