I actually voted above the line yesterday. First time ever I think.
Note that the results I posted above seem to be based on group voting ticket preference flows only. The outcome is likely to change significantly once all votes are counted.
Quote:Otherwise with all these candidates doing shifty deals, we will end up with parties in the senate that 99% of us didn't actually want.
You only need 1/7th of the total vote in a state, after preferences, to win a seat. It is supposed to have minor party representation.
With regard to wikileaks, a lot depends on the order in which parties are eliminated. A party can narrowly escape elimination, then go on to collect a lot of preferences.
I expect that there will be some kind of reaction to this at the next election, with a lot more scrutiny of preference flows, especially to micro parties that are virtually unknown and to parties from the opposite side of the political spectrum.