From wiki
“The next Australian federal election will be held in or before 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives (lower house) and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate (upper house) will be up for election. The next Australian federal election will be held in or before 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives (lower house) and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate (upper house) will be up for election.”
I have a feeling a lot of politicians will be losing their jobs in the near future.
Australia has that system they did in New York City for the Democrat Mayor candidate and set up to help Lisa Murkowski next year in Alaska.
You vote a series of preferences among the candidates-parties this usually means a mainstream Republican or Democrat Party wins after the preferences are sorted out in Australia’s House of Representatives.
Maybe the third parties will change things up next year? Australia will have plenty on their ballots I suspect.
Part of Australia’s Senate is up in next year’s election and here is where third parties usually get their footing into the system.
The series of preferences for Senate elections enable third parties to get a few seats and force the big ones to court their votes on legislation even though the Senate.