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Sub-index
A-Z of the PR History of the Commonwealth of
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scroll subjects in chronological
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Casual vacancies setback for Senate positions following approval of the regressive Constitution Alteration (Senate Casual Vacancies) 1977 |
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Constitution Alteration blunder forestalled by PRSA after being alerted by a PRSA member |
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Constitutional Convention election in 1997 used proportional representation. |
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Commonwealth Electoral Bill 1948, which substituted proportional representation using the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for the previous multiple majority-preferential Senate system |
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Division by the Senate into two classes of long-term and short-term senators after a dissolution of the Senate |
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Forestalling a 1988 Constitution Alteration blunder |
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Formation of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia |
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Former two winner-take-all Senate systems
(1902-19 & 1919-48) and PR-STV
(1948 -) |
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Full marking of preferences imposition |
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Gardiner, Senator Hon. Albert: The only ALP senator from 1920 to 1923, with the other 35 senators all being Nationalist senators |
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Gregory Fractional Transfer variant replaces Random Selection Transfer, and PRSA call for Weighted Inclusive Gregory Fractional Transfer. |
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Group Voting Tickets, which were in force from 1983 until March 2016, badly distorted Senate PR |
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INTRODUCTION to Commonwealth of Australia history section |
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Odd number of senators to elect for a State is far preferable to having that number as an even number. |
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Optional marking of preferences may be partial or fully optional, with full mandatory marking of all preferences being the far less desirable alternative. |
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Plumping at multiple first-past-the-post polls where it was not mandatory to mark as many crosses as there were positions to be filled |
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Proportional Representation Society of Great Britain and Ireland, since renamed Electoral Reform Society |
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Proportional Representation Society of Victoria, which became the Victorian Branch of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia in 1982, and Proportional Representation Society of Australia (Victoria-Tasmania) Inc. in 2006. |
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Quota-preferential proportional representation (PR-STV) for the House of Representatives |
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Randomization of order of candidates’ names on Commonwealth ballot-papers improved by law at suggestion of a PRSA member |
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Representation and Institutional Change Conference, marking the 50th Anniversary of PR-STV for the Senate, was attended by PRSA representatives. |
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“Threshold” idea to arbitrarily prevent transfers to candidates whose parties’ first preference vote is below an “exclusionary threshold”, a faulty concept promoted by NSW Senator Helen Coonan, for which fortunately she gained little support |
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