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53-464: To stop preference deals like those made for the 2013 federal election , when a number of minor party candidates with very small primary votes were elected to the Senate, changes in the group voting rules were made in time for the 2016 federal election . Under the new rules, instead of placing a "1" above the line on Senate ballot papers or numbering every box below the line, voters can number 1 to 6 above

106-693: A landslide . It was also the third time in history that a party won 90 or more seats at an Australian election. Labor had been in government for six years since being elected in the 2007 election . This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General , Quentin Bryce , as Australia's new prime minister on 18 September 2013, along with

159-448: A Parliament – the period that starts on: – (i) the day on which the proposed polling day for the election is publicly announced; or - (ii) the day on which the writs for the election are issued; whichever happens first, and ends at the close of the poll on the polling day for the election; and PART 2 b. (i) If, during an election period, a broadcaster broadcasts election matter, the broadcaster must give reasonable opportunities for

212-598: A competitive disadvantage leading to rising prices, that the CPRS will also cause corruption and fraud and the curtailing of human freedoms. On 13 July 2009, approximately 30 members of the Climate Sceptics Party and supporters arrived at the venue where Al Gore , was speaking in Melbourne , to hand out leaflets for those attending, with questions to ask Al Gore during his speech. Some wore T-shirts bearing

265-618: A fight about how we go about building Australia's future, a future for the many, not just for the few." He also dismissed the opinion polls that showed him trailing to Abbott in gaining a parliamentary plurality. The press overwhelmingly favoured the Coalition over Labor , with all of News Corp 's publications endorsing Tony Abbott 's opposition over Kevin Rudd 's government, as well as Fairfax 's publications such as The Age , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times , backing

318-463: A formal recount. During the recount it was determined that 1,375 WA Senate ballot papers could not be located. After the final recount the result was duly declared which changed the last two predicted WA Senate spots from Palmer and Labor back to Sports and Green. Mick Keelty , a former AFP Commissioner , was requested by the AEC to investigate the issue of the misplaced ballot papers. On 15 November,

371-632: A photo of Rudd during a debate. Similarly, in the weeks preceding the election, the Herald Sun ran the headline "Trust Me" alongside a photo Abbott and on the day of the election ran a front page consisting of the headline "It's Tony's Time" alongside another photo of Abbott. This table includes votes and percentage from the 2013 election and the seat allocation is based on the void election in Western Australia. The 2014 Australian Senate special election in Western Australia includes

424-709: A potential preference deal, declaring that the AVP felt the co-ordination of the group voting ticket system used by Druery was immoral and needed to be exposed. During 2022 Victorian state election Druery was reported to be working with the Democratic Labour Party , Derryn Hinch's Justice Party , Health Australia , the Liberal Democrats , the New Democrats , Shooters, Fishers and Farmers , Sustainable Australia and Transport Matters . He

477-809: A primary vote of 3.8% in South Australia . However, the Western Australian result was later declared void (for semi-unrelated reasons), necessitating a further election at which the Sports Party candidate was unsuccessful. The fifth Senators in the other States were Dio Wang in Western Australia, Glenn Lazarus in Queensland and Jacqui Lambie in Tasmania , all from the Palmer United Party , and David Leyonhjelm of

530-562: A tough stance on asylum seekers who came to Australia by boat (as had the Labor Party in the final weeks leading up to the election). Immediately after the election, Abbott reiterated his party's promise and announced that his new government would begin Operation Sovereign Borders —which would turn back any vessels carrying asylum seekers—as soon as possible. He also confirmed he would abolish the carbon price that

583-587: Is attributable to the law that by contesting an election as a party, rather than as an individual, a candidate can accept votes above as well as below the line. This enables them to be a part of preference deals, which would not be possible as an independent. Druery initiated the MPA at the 1999 New South Wales state election and his then untested theories elected three people to the Legislative Council : Peter Wong from Unity , Peter Breen from Reform

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636-629: The 2010 federal election , Labor and the Liberal/National Coalition each won 72 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives , four short of the requirement for majority government , resulting in the first hung parliament since the 1940 federal election . On the crossbench , one member of the Australian Greens , one member of the National Party of Western Australia and four independent members held

689-703: The Abbott Ministry . The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013, with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014, with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July. The proclamation dissolving the House of Representatives and formally beginning the election period had been issued by Governor-General Bryce on 5 August 2013. The writs of election were subsequently issued by Bryce for

742-558: The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). A special half-Senate election was conducted on 5 April 2014 in Western Australia as a result of 1,375 lost ballot papers. On 30 January 2013, the then Prime Minister Julia Gillard had announced the election would be held on 14 September. However, following a leadership ballot in June 2013 , she was replaced as leader and prime minister by Rudd, who then abandoned

795-672: The DLP 's John Madigan ). Muir announced he would vote in line with Palmer United. The initial election saw Wayne Dropulich of the Australian Sports Party win a seat in Western Australia, but the subsequent voiding of the result and ensuing special election saw the Palmer United Party gain a third seat. The Coalition government required the support of at least six non-coalition senators to pass legislation. Most Senate votes cast in Western Australia were subject to

848-592: The Family First Party and Xenophon. Of the 76 Senate seats, 40 are contested. This corresponds to half of each state's allocation as well as both senators from the two major territories . Newly elected state senators commenced their terms on 1 July 2014 and the senators of the territories began their terms immediately after their elections. On 30 January 2013, at a speech at the National Press Club , Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced

901-996: The Liberal Democratic Party elected with a primary vote of 9.5% in New South Wales . These last four were not part of the MPA. Muir's primary vote was 0.5% and achieved the 14.3% quota from 23 "above the line" party preferences: Bank Reform Party , Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party , HEMP Party , Shooters and Fishers , Australian Stable Population Party , Senator Online , Building Australia Party , Family First Party , Bullet Train For Australia , Rise Up Australia Party , No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics , Citizens Electoral Council , Palmer United Party , Democratic Labour Party , Katter's Australian Party , Socialist Equality Party , Australian Sex Party , Australian Voice Party , Wikileaks Party , Drug Law Reform, Stop CSG, Animal Justice Party , and

954-775: The Shooters and Fishers Party , Family First Party and the Fishing and Lifestyle Party . After the 2013 federal election Druery was hired by the newly elected Motor Enthusiast Party Senator Ricky Muir as Chief of Staff, but later parted company with Muir. Western Australia continues to use group voting tickets for the Western Australian Legislative Council . At the 2017 Western Australian state election , five parties participated in preference deals orchestrated by Druery. The parties were Family First , Fluoride Free WA , Liberal Democrats , Flux

1007-682: The Sustainable Australia was elected on a primary vote of 1.32%. One candidate was elected from the Shooters and Fishers Party , the Reason Party and the Animal Justice Party , two from the Liberal Democratic Party and three from the Justice Party . On November 16, 2022, Angry Victorians Party party leader Heston Russell leaked a video to the Herald Sun of him to talking to Glenn Druery about

1060-517: The balance of power . After gaining the support of the Greens and three independents on confidence and supply votes, Labor was able to form a minority government with 76 seats, the smallest possible margin in the 150-seat House. On 24 November 2011, Harry Jenkins resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives and returned to the Labor backbench. Later, that day, Deputy Speaker Peter Slipper

1113-678: The preference whisperer of Australian politics, and his Minor Party Alliance was behind the 2013 federal election preference deal successes. These resulted in the election to the Senate of Wayne Dropulich of the Sports Party in Western Australia on a primary vote of 0.2%, Ricky Muir of the Motoring Enthusiasts Party in Victoria on a primary vote of 0.5% and Bob Day of the Family First Party on

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1166-595: The 2010 elections. None were successful. The Climate Sceptics Party explicitly rejects the scientific evidence for anthropogenic global warming and refers to climate science as “ climate alarmism ”, taking the following positions: The Climate Sceptics Party's policy on the Australian government's proposed emissions trading scheme , the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), is that the CPRS will result in Australian industry being at

1219-769: The AEC petitioned the High Court , acting as the Court of Disputed Returns , to seek an order from the court that the WA Senate election of all six senators (3 Liberal, 1 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Sport) be declared void. On 18 February 2014, it was announced that the Court of Disputed Returns had found that the result of the Western Australia Senate election should be voided, meaning a fresh election for all six senate vacancies would be required. The AEC notes that

1272-805: The Australian Independents Party. Day's primary vote was 3.8% (down 0.3% since the previous election), and achieved the 14.3% quota from 19 "above the line" party preferences: Australian Independents Party , Australian Stable Population Party , Liberal Democratic Party , Smokers' Rights Party , No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics , Building Australia Party , Rise Up Australia Party , Katter's Australian Party , One Nation , Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party , Australian Christians , Shooters and Fishers , Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party , Democratic Labour Party , Animal Justice Party , Australian Greens , Palmer United Party , HEMP Party , Australian Labor Party . Druery also helped

1325-474: The Coalition over Labor. Fairfax's newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times both considered the need for political stability a primary reason for supporting the Coalition, as well as criticising Labor's continuing infighting and scandals. The Age backed Labor, praising Labor's stewardship of the economy during the global financial crisis and noting that, of the two parties, they were

1378-610: The Court has advised in its written decision issued today that it finds that the only relief appropriate is for the 2013 Western Australian Senate election result to be declared void.......In accordance with the Australian Constitution and the requirements of the Western Australian Election of Senators Act 1903, an election of six senators for Western Australia would occur once a writ has been issued by His Excellency Mr Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC,

1431-573: The Governor of Western Australia. On 28 February 2014 it was announced that the half-Senate election in Western Australia would take place on 5 April, which returned 3 Liberal, 1 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Palmer. Members listed in italics did not re-contest their House of Representatives seats at this election. The Labor Party recorded its lowest two-party preferred vote since 1996 and lowest primary vote since 1931 . Kevin Rudd announced his resignation as party leader and confirmed he would not run again in

1484-555: The House of Representatives who did not renominate ended at the dissolution of the parliament (5 August 2013). The terms of senators who did not renominate ended on 30 June 2014, unless they represented the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory, in which case their term ended on the day before polling day (6 September 2013). That date also applies to territory senators who contest

1537-608: The Legal System and Malcolm Jones from the Outdoor Recreation Party . Malcolm Jones was elected to the Legislative Council with a primary vote of 0.19%, or 0.042 of a quota. In 2017, Druery during an ABC report, has said he has a personal vendetta against Pauline Hanson One Nation , saying he has been directing micro party preferences away from One Nation since 1999. Druery is known as

1590-481: The Senate result in Western Australia was declared void after the loss of over 1,300 ballot papers, necessitating a fresh election for the Senate in that state. Rudd suffered a large swing against him in his seat of Griffith , which was large enough for the LNP candidate, Bill Glasson , to have a higher first-preference vote than Rudd, although Rudd eventually won the seat on preferences. The Coalition had campaigned on

1643-722: The System and the Daylight Saving Party . The deals were arranged so that the ticket votes for these five parties would roll up to a different party in each region. At the election only the Liberal Democrat candidate, Aaron Stonehouse , with 1.77% of primary votes was elected with MPA preferences. Victoria continues to use group voting tickets for the Victorian Legislative Council . Preference deals were also organised by Druery for

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1696-736: The Victorian Legislative Council at the 2018 Victorian state election . All but one of the 18 parties standing appear to have been involved in some way in the deals. Ultimately, 10 candidates from seven micro-parties were elected. In the Eastern Metropolitan Region , Rod Barton of the Transport Matters Party was elected on a primary vote of 0.62%. In the Southern Metropolitan Region , Clifford Hayes of

1749-446: The absence of policies and detailed economic information, voter decisiveness will depend on one issue: trust." During this period, various News Corp's papers published numerous front-page articles supporting The Coalition and denigrating Labor. During the campaign, The Daily Telegraph ran front pages depicting Labor as Nazis, displaying a picture of Rudd above a headline telling readers to "Kick this mob out, and, on election day, ran

1802-507: The broadcasting of election matter to all political parties contesting the election, being parties which were represented in either House of the Parliament for which the election is to be held at the time of its last meeting before the election period. This is interpreted as "equal time, over time" rather than equal time in the same broadcast, and that this requirement began with the announcement on 30 January 2013. The terms of members of

1855-421: The election but are defeated. Members and senators who chose not to renominate are as follows: The incumbent Labor-led government argued for a need for a "safe pair of hands" to manage an economic shift from mining-oriented growth to something else; while the opposition said that it would prevent a recession that could be caused by a budget deficit. The Sydney Morning Herald suggested both arguments hedged on

1908-657: The election of members of the House of Representatives and territory senators, and by the state governors for the senators for each state. Voting in Australia's federal elections has been compulsory since 1925 . For the House of Representatives, a preferential ballot system has been in use since 1919 , in single-member seats . For the Senate —the proportionally representative upper house—a single transferable vote system has been in use since 1949 , with optional group voting tickets since 1984 . Elections are conducted by

1961-544: The election would be held on Saturday 14 September 2013, although the Governor-General was not formally advised and no writ of election was issued. Kevin Rudd succeeded Julia Gillard as prime minister on 27 June 2013. The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 was checked by various commercial broadcasting media outlets and media councils as a result of Gillard's announcement. The Act says, in part, "Election period" means: (a) in relation to any other election to

2014-532: The entire Senate was dissolved at the double-dissolution 2016 election . The Senate saw the Coalition government on 33 seats with the Labor opposition on 25 seats, the Greens on 10 seats and a crossbench of eight— Palmer United on three seats, with other minor parties and independents on five seats (the LDP 's David Leyonhjelm , Family First 's Bob Day , Motoring 's Ricky Muir and incumbents Nick Xenophon and

2067-468: The fallacy of anthropogenic climate change". The party was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission in early 2010, and endorsed candidates to stand in the 2010 federal election . Prior to being registered, party supporters stood as independent candidates in the Bradfield and Higgins by-elections . The party endorsed 10 candidates for the Senate, and 6 for the House of Representatives in

2120-530: The government. In April 2012, Labor's Craig Thomson moved to the crossbenches as an independent MP, and in May, WA National Tony Crook moved from the crossbenches to the Nationals, but did not join the Coalition. Changes brought the government to 71 seats, the Coalition 72 seats and seven crossbenchers. On 9 October 2012, after an unsuccessful vote of no confidence in the speakership, Slipper resigned as Speaker and

2173-408: The headline "After 33 days campaigning, 18 babies kissed, 104,275 km flown and six years of an incompetent Labor government, now it's... your turn." The Sunday Telegraph , meanwhile, printed a front-page editorial with the headline "Australia needs Tony". Additionally, The Courier-Mail used a front page to depict Labor as clowns, and ran a headline of "Does This Guy Ever Shut Up" alongside

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2226-452: The line in order of their preferences. Due to this, minor parties were no longer able to swap preferences in the same manner. As of November 2022, only Victoria has group ticket voting that enables similar preference deals being organised for the state upper house, with a similar preference deal between minor parties standing for the Victorian Legislative Council made at the 2018 Victorian state election . The proliferation of minor parties

2279-464: The members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia , led by Warren Truss , defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in

2332-429: The mining boom going bust. Rudd officially began the campaign season on 1 September in his hometown of Brisbane. At the rally, he promised tax breaks for small businesses and more work for local contractors on infrastructure projects. He said: "In this election, we are now engaged in the fight of our lives. It is a fight about the values that underpin Australia's future, a fight about our vision for Australia's future. It's

2385-453: The one with a vision for Australia. The Sunday Age , however, supported the Coalition, rejecting their daily counterpart's editorial that Labor had vision and that the election amounted to choosing a lesser evil, noting that during the election campaign a "genuine contest of ideas [had] not materialised", that "the campaign [had] contained no vision or policy clarion call commanding our attention and demanding our vote" and subsequently that "in

2438-586: The originally planned date. A referendum on amending the constitution to allow the federal government to directly fund local councils, which was initially planned to be held on the same day as the federal election, could not go ahead on the date announced by Rudd. This is because Section 128 of the Constitution of Australia requires that a referendum be submitted to electors between two and six months after its passage through Parliament. As early voting started on 20 August it could not be submitted then. At

2491-533: The party's slogan: "Carbon Really Ain't Pollution - CRAP". In 2010 the Climate Sceptics organised a tour of Australia by Lord Monckton at a cost of $ 100,000. The party's name on the Australian Electoral Commission 's register was changed to "No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics" on 14 December 2011. The party has been involved in Glenn Druery 's Minor Party Alliance . In April 2015 the party

2544-518: The revised national totals after that election. The Senate has 76 seats. Forty seats were up for election; six in each of the six states, two for the ACT and two for the Northern Territory. The terms of the four senators from the territories commenced on election day. The terms of the six longest-serving state senators ended on 30 June 2014; the terms of the new state senators commenced on 1 July 2014, and were originally supposed to end on 30 June 2020—however,

2597-655: The subsequent leadership election. With Nova Peris 's victory in the Senate election in the Northern Territory , she became the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to parliament. Julian Assange failed to be elected to the Senate after running in Victoria , with his WikiLeaks Party garnering 0.62% of the popular vote. Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie , standing in the Liberal-held seat of Forde , also failed to enter parliament. In an unprecedented outcome in Australian electoral history,

2650-488: Was elected Speaker and quit the Liberal National Party to become an independent . This changed nominal confidence and supply numbers on the floor of the house from 75–74 to 76–73. In January 2012, Andrew Wilkie withdrew his guarantee of confidence to the incumbent government, changing numbers to 75–73 in the event of his abstention, or 75–74 in the event of his support for a vote of no confidence in

2703-468: Was introduced by the Gillard government , as well as lower foreign aid by A$ 4.5 billion. No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics The Freedom and Prosperity Party , formerly known as No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics and The Climate Sceptics , were an Australian political party that describes itself as the world's first political party representing “ climate sceptics ”, dedicated to "...expose

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2756-414: Was replaced by Labor Deputy Speaker Anna Burke . Slipper remained an independent MP. Before the election, the 76-seat Senate was made up of senators from the Coalition (34), Australian Labor Party (31), Australian Greens (9), Democratic Labour Party (1) and one independent senator, Nick Xenophon . The Greens held the sole balance of power . Previously the Greens had held a shared balance of power with

2809-776: Was working with the Animal Justice Party but they tricked him, by leaving the alliance at the last minute. The parties that are or have been involved in the Minor Party Alliance: Victoria 2018 : 1 but due to unrelated irregularities there was a recount in WA where they were not successful The Minor Party Alliance has involved more than 30 minor parties, including: 2013 Australian federal election Kevin Rudd Labor Tony Abbott Liberal/National coalition The 2013 Australian federal election to elect

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