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Are Upper Houses Democratic
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I do not know where you get the idea that upper house members are criminals. From time to time we hear of parliamentarians that transgress the law, and they are from all parties and from both houses.
Maybe we should do away with political parties and just elect a person or two for each electorate. Then they elect a PM who chooses the ministers to form Cabinett. Then do away with the Upper houses.
But if you want real democracy, have a look at Citizen Initiated Referenda or CIR. That means if a certain number of electors petition the government about a matter, the government HAS to take it to a referendum at the next election. This makes the government very carefull about introducing new laws and explains them properly to the electorate. Fat chance of us getting a CIR here because it takes some power away from the pollies, and they like power.
Power is why we have compulsory preferential voting as it favours the two major parties.
There has long been debate about the neccessity of upper houses, but I would not say they were undemocratic. The states required them so i expect them to be around for some time. Who knows, your hated greens may get wiped out at the next election and one of the majors holding sway in the Senate.