The Greens propose voting reforms in Western Australian elections in a bid to make it harder for tiny political parties to game the system, while changes to regional representation could also be addressed in a wider Upper House shake-up.
"This distorts electoral outcomes and fails the democratic fairness test as it denies Western Australians an equal say in how their state is governed," the group of 12 academics wrote.
"Further opportunities for electoral reform will be considered in due course. I am happy to hear from other MPs if they think there should be other types of electoral reform," Mr Dawson said, noting that Labor was pursuing changes designed to improve transparency around political donations.
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