Comment on Getting into the Senate is the politician equivalent of an academic getting tenure
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In the UK the house of Lords is like that but in Australia the upper house has 6 year terms and have to go for reelection. Seats change all the time. Very few are safe seats.
I think the Canadian system is very much modelled after the UK?
That’s interesting about Australia though. Btw I understand Australia has a ranked voting system in elections? Curious about how well that works. Our first-past-the-post is a nightmare with vote-splitting sending the “wrong” representative to the capital.
Ranked choice is first past the post with extra steps.
But doesn’t it resolve the vote-splitting problem? For example, a common scenario here is you have a right-wing candidate winning in a a left-leaning district because the left’s vote is split across more than one political party. Wouldn’t a ranked system solve that dilemma once all the dust has settled?
Pretty sure the guy you’re answering to has no idea what he’s talking about. Lol
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Man the more I hear about how Australia’s government the more I wanna risk the increased chance of skin cancer
slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 months ago
don’t forget spiders, snakes, sharks, crocodiles. drop bears
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I would 100% try to pet a dingo