this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2025

5 points (100.0% liked)

Perth / Western Australia

622 readers

1 users here now

Below are some resources for Perth/Western Australian info that could help find the perfect story for that exceptional post.

Suggestions to add to the list are very welcome!

This community wishes to be about all things Perth/WA, not just latest news. Whether its memes, dreams, or custard creams! Tell us your Western Australian story! 🦘

Local News/Lifestyle

Collie River Valley Bulletin

Northern Valleys News

Fremantle Shipping News

Belltower Times (satire)

Business News (subscriber)

Denmark Bulletin

University, TAFE and Related

Miscellaneous

Conversation, Flavio Macau

Conversation, Hannah Mcglade

Government/LGA

WA.Gov, announcements

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions

WA Podcasts

Business News Podcasts

Particle.Scitech Podcasts

Occasional WA Focus

ABC WA

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

lodion@aussie.zone

Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone

Nath@aussie.zone

wildwhitehorses@aussie.zone

Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone

WA election guide 2025 unlocked - Ben Raue (www.tallyroom.com.au)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to c/perth@aussie.zone

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Electorates in Alphabetical Order

Pendulum

Legislative Council

Some key Upper house takeaways, (paraphrased from analysis)

Upper house quota is 2.63%, lower than NSW at 4.55%. This is due to there now being 37 members, compared to NSWs 21 members.
Greens vote share will likely be better represented, which will likely result in more seats, as with the Nationals bote share, likely resulting in less.
The six regions are gone, MLCs are eleceted to represent the entire State.
By electing the entire chanber as a single electorate, it doesn't rebalance malaportionment between rural and metro, the divide becomes irrelevant.

~Note: Watch out for table Seats won at WA Legislative Council elections, 1989-2021, that 20 is not the midpoint, number of seats is actually 34 then in 2008 goes up to 36.~

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

The exciting part, for me, is the Legislative Council changes.

These are huge and long lasting. They could and would only have been done with a large Labor majority, because conservative partys benefited from the comparable advantage higher proportional rural representation gave them, so were bever incentivised to rebalance the system.

This was a once in a lifetime chance Labor got to right an electoral wrong against metro voters. This also happens to align with Labors electoral chances, of course.

The Legislative Council changes seem a mature response to the fairness question that arose, they seem to have resisted the urge to politically favour themselves in an structural way.

It may favour major partys a little more, but the number of MLCs should offset that hurdle well.