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18 how fraser anning became a senator and how to stop anything like that ever happening again https astraightbat wordpress com 2019 03 18 how fraser anning became a senator and how to stop anything like that ever happening again respond mon 18 mar 2019 00 00 08 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 449 by sb tang in the last australian federal election in 2016 fraser anning received a grand total of 19 first preference votes no that s not a typo yet he currently sits in the australian parliament as a senator for queensland how did this happen broadly two structural features of our democracy permitted this profoundly undemocratic result to happen firstly section 7 of the australian constitution stipulates that each state shall have an equal number of senators therefore queensland which had 3 074 422 enrolled voters in the 2016 australian federal election gets the same number of senators 12 as new south wales which had 5 084 274 enrolled voters in the same election secondly we use a system of proportional representation voting to elect the senate that system only requires each candidate to obtain a relatively small required quota of votes either before or after the distribution of preferences to win a seat in a typical half senate election in which six senators are elected in each state the quota required to win a senate seat is 14 3 per cent of formal votes cast in a double dissolution election such as our last federal election in 2016 in which 12 senators are elected in each state the quota required to win a senate seat is 7 7 per cent of formal votes cast generally like in most well established modern democracies australian voters vote for political parties rather than individual candidates accordingly our senate ballot papers allow each voter to choose to vote above the line or below the line a voter who votes above the line just numbers boxes to indicate their preference for the listed political parties with a box next to their name a voter who votes below the line must number numerous boxes there are often over 100 on a senate ballot paper indicating their preference for every single individual candidate running for the senate in that state the candidates below the line are grouped by party affiliation in first to last order of their internal party ranking each political party decides the ranking of its senate candidates the candidate ranked first by a party is the human being who actually sits in the senate if that party receives the required quota of votes for one senate seat if that party receives the required quota of votes for two senate seats then their second ranked candidate occupies the second seat and so on and so forth unsurprisingly the vast majority of australian voters choose to vote above the line on their senate ballot paper they vote for parties not individual candidates in the 2016 federal election anning was the third ranked candidate for pauline hanson s one nation party in queensland one nation s first ranked candidate on the senate ballot paper for queensland was pauline hanson their second ranked candidate was malcolm roberts their fourth ranked candidate was judy smith one nation received a grand total of 250 126 first preference senate votes in queensland in the 2016 federal election which equates to just 8 14 per cent of the queensland electorate of those 250 126 first preference votes 229 056 were cast above the line for the one nation party 20 927 were cast below the line for the individual one nation candidate pauline hanson 77 were cast below the line for the individual one nation candidate malcolm roberts 19 were cast below the line for the individual one nation candidate fraser anning and 47 were cast below the line for the individual one nation candidate judy smith after preferences were distributed at the 2016 federal election one nation obtained the required quota for two of queensland s 12 senate seats the australian electoral commission ranks each state s senators in order of votes obtained one nation s first senator pauline hanson was ranked third of queensland s 12 senators however one nation s second senator malcolm roberts was ranked 12 th of 12 senators in queensland in other words he scraped over the line to grab the last of queensland s senate seats when on 27 october 2017 the high court of australia ruled that malcolm roberts election was void because he was a subject or a citizen of a foreign power that is the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland at the time of his nomination for the 2016 federal election and therefore incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator by reason of section 44 i of the constitution fraser anning as one nation s third ranked candidate on the senate ballot paper for queensland at the 2016 federal election took over roberts senate seat on the very morning that he was sworn in as an australian senator anning quit one nation how to stop anything like this ever happening again in terms of votes obtained anning sits in the 12 th of queensland s 12 senate seats one nation with a first preference vote representing just 8 14 per cent of the queensland electorate scraped over the line to win that seat their second in queensland if queensland had a number of senate seats seven that actually reflected its population then one nation wouldn t even have come close to winning a second senate seat in that state and fraser anning would not be a senator new south wales australia s most populous state had 5 084 274 enrolled voters in the 2016 australian federal election and 12 senate seats therefore queensland which had 3 074 422 enrolled voters in the same election an electorate 60 47 per cent the size of nsw s should only have had seven senate seats a cursory glance at australian political history reveals that insofar as the extreme fringe of both ends of the political spectrum exists in the federal parliament it is found primarily in the lower to lowest votes obtained senate seats in the less populous states remember one nation s first preference senate vote in queensland in the 2016 federal election represented just 8 14 per cent of the queensland electorate and 1 596 per cent of the total australian electorate but they won two of queensland s 12 senate seats thus the first and most fundamental reform which should be considered is changing the composition of the senate so that it accurately reflects the population of each state and territory in effect this would mean reducing the number of senate seats held by the less populous states from a practical point of view this would be a difficult reform to achieve because it would require a referendum to amend the constitution in order to succeed a referendum requires 1 a national majority of electors from all states and territories to vote yes to the proposed change and 2 a majority of people in a majority of states to vote yes to the proposed change that is at least four of the six states must vote yes that double majority requirement is a high threshold since federation only eight out of 44 referenda have been successful in this instance it is highly likely that a majority of people in the two most populous states new south wales and victoria which are currently under represented in the senate vis à vis the four less populous states would vote yes the challenge would be persuading a majority of people in at least two of the four less populous states to vote yes to a constitutional amendment which would dilute their disproportionately high representation in the senate the data shows that the vast majority of australian voters vote for political parties rather than the individual candidates of those parties in the 2016 federal election of the 250 126 first preference senate votes won by one nation in queensland 91 58 per cent of them were cast above the line for the one nation party as a whole thus in a very real democratic sense senate seats belong to parties not individual candidates the 12 th senate seat in queensland belongs not to malcolm roberts winner of a grand total of 77 below the line first preference votes or fraser anning winner of a grand total of 19 below the line first preference votes but the political party one nation when anning quit one nation on the very morning that he was sworn in to take that seat he effectively stole it and one nation could do nothing to take back the seat that they not anning had won in the 2016 federal election that has to change in the senate where election data clearly tells us that the vast majority of australians vote above the line for a political party rather than an individual candidate sitting senators who resign from their political party should not be permitted to keep their seat the political party which won that seat should be given the right to select a replacement to occupy that seat for the remainder of its term if one nation had that right then fraser anning would not be a senator i m no fan of one nation but they not anning won the 12 th senate seat in queensland fair and square therefore they ought to be allowed to fill that seat with an actual party member https astraightbat wordpress com 2019 03 18 how fraser anning became a senator and how to stop anything like that ever happening again feed 0 449 sbtang bill lawry chasing a century https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 11 05 bill lawry chasing a century https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 11 05 bill lawry chasing a century respond sun 04 nov 2018 23 03 46 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 445 i worked as a writing consultant on bill lawry chasing a century 2018 hardie grant a beautifully presented coffee table book celebrating bill lawry s life and career it s available for 34 99 on amazon com au and dymocks https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 11 05 bill lawry chasing a century feed 0 445 sbtang mason cox profile in the new york times https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 10 09 mason cox profile in the new york times https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 10 09 mason cox profile in the new york times respond tue 09 oct 2018 02 25 25 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 440 by sb tang i wrote a 1200 word reported profile of mason cox for the new york times https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 10 09 mason cox profile in the new york times feed 0 440 sbtang what does a batsman see https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 03 12 what does a batsman see https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 03 12 what does a batsman see respond mon 12 mar 2018 00 33 26 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 438 by sb tang i wrote a reported feature for the cricket monthly about how test batsmen watch the ball and what they see when they re batting my article incorporates the latest sports science research as well as the thoughts of greg chappell chris lynn greg blewett brad hodge will pucovski kurtis patterson joe burns and ed cowan this article is the final part of my trilogy about modern batsmanship for the cricket monthly part one examined why after 128 years of gently and rhythmically tapping their bats on the ground as the bowler ran in and keeping their bats grounded until around the time the bowler jumped into his delivery stride australian batsmen started holding their bats up in the air like baseballers part two examined whether batsmen should hold their bat with their naturally dominant hand as their top or bottom hand https astraightbat wordpress com 2018 03 12 what does a batsman see feed 0 438 sbtang ben simmons melbourne origins https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 12 18 ben simmons melbourne origins https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 12 18 ben simmons melbourne origins respond mon 18 dec 2017 00 33 37 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 436 by sb tang i wrote a 2000 word reported feature about ben simmons melbourne origins for bleacher report https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 12 18 ben simmons melbourne origins feed 0 436 sbtang matt renshaw and his dad ian https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 09 23 matt renshaw and his dad ian https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 09 23 matt renshaw and his dad ian respond sat 23 sep 2017 02 28 14 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 434 by sb tang i wrote a 1400 word piece for playbook about matt renshaw and his dad ian https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 09 23 matt renshaw and his dad ian feed 0 434 sbtang glenn maxwell profile https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 04 16 glenn maxwell profile https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 04 16 glenn maxwell profile respond sun 16 apr 2017 01 55 36 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com 2017 04 16 glenn maxwell profile by sb tang i wrote a 9000 word reported profile of glenn maxwell for the april 2017 issue of the cricket monthly https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 04 16 glenn maxwell profile feed 0 432 sbtang peter handscomb s batting technique https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 03 11 peter handscombs batting technique https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 03 11 peter handscombs batting technique respond sat 11 mar 2017 01 17 37 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 428 by sb tang a chat with peter handscomb about his batting technique for cricket com au https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 03 11 peter handscombs batting technique feed 0 428 sbtang steve smith profile https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 03 11 steve smith profile https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 03 11 steve smith profile respond sat 11 mar 2017 01 14 31 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 426 by sb tang i profiled steve smith in sa cricket magazine before the australia v south africa test series earlier this summer https astraightbat wordpress com 2017 03 11 steve smith profile feed 0 426 sbtang matt renshaw profile https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 12 16 matt renshaw profile https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 12 16 matt renshaw profile respond fri 16 dec 2016 01 41 03 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 420 by sb tang i wrote a profile of matt renshaw for cricbuzz https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 12 16 matt renshaw profile feed 0 420 sbtang peter handscomb profile https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 12 16 peter handscomb profile 2 https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 12 16 peter handscomb profile 2 comments fri 16 dec 2016 01 38 49 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 418 by sb tang i wrote a profile of peter handscomb for cricbuzz https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 12 16 peter handscomb profile 2 feed 1 418 sbtang top hand vs bottom hand dominant batsmen https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 09 02 top hand vs bottom hand dominant batsmen https astraightbat wordpress com 2016 09 02 top hand vs bottom hand dominant batsmen respond fri 02 sep 2016 05 38 43 0000 http astraightbat wordpress com p 407 by sb tang i wrote a reported feature for the cricket monthly about top hand vs bottom hand dominant batsmen for the feature i chatted to greg chappell mike hussey ed cowan peter handscomb trent woodhill justin langer and matt renshaw as well as a number of australian coaches c...