CANBERRA OBSERVED Empty seat last vestige of minor parties’ party*

It looks like Australia’s love affair with minor parties may have reached its peak if the results of recent state and by-elections are any guide.



After an extraordinary run, all the “major” minor parties are suffering electorally from a variety of factors: the Greens, from an accumulation of years of irresponsible policies and gesture politics, which, despite all the crowing about their coming success, has never resulted in the party breaking into the mai…

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