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How a Gaza 'stunt' divided Australia's parliament
  • When you vote for a party, the individual political stance of each politician within that party probably should not matter. In this case, the senator received a statistically insignificant amount of direct votes, it was the Labor party directly that people voted for.

    Is it undemocratic as you claim if she wasn't voted in for her personal stance?

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    How a Gaza 'stunt' divided Australia's parliament
  • I am unsure where you are from, and I also don't know if you know how senate voting works in Australia.

    You can vote for the party by voting above the line, or you can vote below the line for the individuals.

    Here you can see none of the senators for Labor received enough votes to be selected as an individual. It was was party that the Western Australian people voted for.

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