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Victorian crossbench MP warns voting system overhaul must be backed by broader reform – as it happened

This blog is now closed.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian Animal Justice party MP Georgie Purcell says abolishing the state’s group voting ticket system without any other changes would see the balance of power handed to One Nation.The Age reported yesterday that the Allan government is planning to introduce legislation, when parliament returns from the winter break, to reform the state’s unusual voting system.Crossbench MPs like myself support electoral reform, and we’ve been asking for it to be implemented in a sensible way for years. We want change too.But we don’t want a model that disproportionately benefits certain minor parties. Continue reading...