One. Edged out a Labor Party candidate on way-down-the-list preferences.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/vic-election-2014/results/legislative-council/nmet/
On 30 November 2014 at 23:55, Kev Lobotomi <> wrote:
> How many did the Sex Party win?-Kevin Bartram
>
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> > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:34:19 +1100
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> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Victorian Election - grim results in the upper
> house
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> >
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I'm not much of a political animal, but the results coming through from
> > yesterday's Victorian state election have rung some alarm bells. The
> Greens
> > have probably won a lower house seat and up to 5 upper house seats. That
> > could be good news for the environment, and particularly for legislation
> > which affects habitats under pressure from development.
> >
> > However, of far graver concern is the fact that the Shooters Party (aka
> > Shooting and Fishing Party) looks like having 3 seats in the upper house.
> > The Country Alliance also has a seat, to be held by someone who has a
> > hunting background. The Labor Party holds a clear majority in the lower
> > house, but legislation may have trouble getting through the upper. Look
> at
> > the numbers:
> > Labor 13 seats
> > Coalition 15 or 16
> > Greens 4 or 5
> > Shooters 3
> > Other parties 3 or 4
> >
> > The Shooters and other minor parties received 2-3 percent of the vote,
> yet
> > may hold the balance of power. That's not good news for those of hoping
> to
> > see an end to duck hunting. Let's hope we don't follow NSW and allow
> > hunting in national parks.
> >
> > Russell
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