Quote Originally Posted by Wayne View Post
The troll has a political agenda. There is a great deal of money involved in politics. Every parliamentarian has staff (paid by us, the taxpayer) whose sole responsibility is monitoring the media - not just the mainstream media (MSM), but social media and forums such as this. That might seem difficult to believe, but just consider how many people are accessing this forum. It runs into the 1000s on a weekly basis. Capturing the attention of these forum viewers can have very powerful political ramifications. Again, just consider how senate positions were decided at the last federal election. Ricky Muir and that gun-toting racist, misogynist from NSW each got in with a few thousand votes. Now they are deciding all the keys aspects of the government's legislative program.

The troll is not just a bored old man who likes causing mischief on this forum. His paid agenda is to disrupt. He has been repeatedly exposed.

Personally I don't really understand how the preferences work in an election , may be only Anthony Green from the ABC will know !

But for a Mirco minor party with only a few thousands votes to occupy a senate or HOR seat is just not right ! These people have no mandate to represent the people !

The fairnest way is by total number of primary votes, not by preferences ! What a beautiful democratic ideal it was when one single vote can change a government - let the dream live on! And put an end to back room deals between parties !