The Western Australian Government has commissioned a Ministerial Expert Committee to review and report on the electoral system for the election of the Western Australian Legislative Council.
The Proportional Representation Society has contributed the following recommendations:
- discontinue Group Voting Tickets, and adopt below-the-line voting systems similar to that used in the Australian Capital Territory and in Tasmania,
- increase the number of MLCs to 37 and the number of MLAs to 61,
- adopt three metropolitan Regions returning nine MLCs each (each Region containing fifteen Assembly Districts), and two rural regions returning five MLCs each (each Region containing eight Assembly Districts).
Refer to our submission for further details:
