The Australian state of Queensland went to the polls over the weekend, and delivered a landslide against the incumbent Labor government. But in addition to being a lesson of what happens to parties of corrupt privatisers, the results are also another reminder of the unfairness of the Australian electoral system:
Party | % Vote | Seats | % Seats |
Liberal-National | 49.68 | 78 | 87.6 |
Labour | 26.94 | 7 | 7.9 |
Australian | 11.50 | 2 | 2.2 |
Greens | 7.27 | 0 | 0.0 |
Others | 4.62 | 2 | 2.2 |
Fifty percent of the vote, ninety percent of the seats. Yeah, that's fair. Not. Again, Australia needs proportional representation, and the sooner, the better.