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23/04/18

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Originally posted by mistyrains ↑

Our Senate is as powerful as the House of Representatives; the only area the Senators have no constitutional powers to do is to initiate supply bills but it has the power to pass or reject supply bills presented by the House of Representatives.

It is very important for our democratic system that the government of the day does not have absolute control of the Senate, which means that the government of the day will have to negotiate with the Senate to pass legislation that the Senate does not agree with.

This built-in check-and-balances in our parliamentary system is vital to the long term health of our parliamentary democracy.

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But but but ...
Many Senate members are there with only less than 5% of the popular vote.
How can this represent democracy?
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