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It ain't easy being small and anti-Green : Comments

By Anthony Cox, published 8/11/2013

Foremost of the NCTCS's political aims was to counter the Greens and their influence over primarily the ALP but, to a lesser extent, the Coalition and the Australian political climate generally.

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Looks like the NCTCS Party is too good for Australia's political system. Serious parties should not be expected to work with political realities.
Posted by plantagenet, Friday, 8 November 2013 10:48:44 AM
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I think Green was partly correct it shouldn't have been "Foolish rank amateurism".
Posted by Cobber the hound, Friday, 8 November 2013 11:02:58 AM
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Palmer supporter are you hound? Or maybe you don't fancy the preferential system; maybe you like your politics neat like they have in communist nations?

Nothing like a fool to cry foolish.
Posted by cohenite, Friday, 8 November 2013 11:25:14 AM
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Antony Green's latest of the WA Senate count.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/11/wa-senate-contest-comes-down-to-just-1-vote-and-its-one-of-the-missing.html
Posted by Poirot, Friday, 8 November 2013 4:22:09 PM
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Exactly Poirot; Democracy is messy and the cascade of preferences is meant to squeeze every last significance out of every vote.

No doubt it is a test for calculating where your preferences will go as one of Green's scenarios will mean a Green senator will get in which is not what the NCTCS would have wished for.

At this stage with another election in WA in the balance I can't think of a better alternative; you just have to do your calculations, make your agreements and hope for the best.
Posted by cohenite, Friday, 8 November 2013 4:27:51 PM
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Being in WA, I'm fascinated by the by the prospect of being able to vote in the Federal election several months after it has actually taken place.

I wonder.....
Posted by Poirot, Friday, 8 November 2013 4:33:14 PM
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