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Seeing the forest for the trees
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lohrey, Amanda |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | In Tasmanian politics, there is an obsession that the Liberal and Labor parties share: if only the Greens would go away. It's like some pesky virus from another planet, and not even the most drastic medicine can effect a cure. In 1998 the ALP and the Liberal Party went so far as to collude in altering the state's constitution in an attempted shut-out of minor parties. The amendment reduced the number of members per electorate in Tasmania's lower house from seven to five; there are five multi-member electorates, so the House of Assembly shrank from 35 members to 25. This move was supposed to eliminate the Greens by increasing the quota of votes necessary under Tasmania's Hare-Clark voting system for any individual member to get elected to the parliament. It didn't work; after a brief hiatus the Greens bounced back stronger than ever. |
| Starting Page | 13 |
| Ending Page | 13 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://acep.uaf.edu/media/120168/Researcher-showcase-Amanda-Byrd.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
