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Originally Posted by FireFly
I'm afraid you've got that part wrong, FA. The Senate has a whack of power, but due to it's not being elected, is unable to use any.
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I would say that it is more of lack of desire to use it than a lack of ability to use it.
Since Senators are appointed on the PM's recomendation the whole house is full of party members with no desire to stop any legislation that the HOC passes. And if they do get riled up, the PM can just appoint more so that his party has the majority (as the exact number of senators is not defined in the constitution), that is what is wrong with the system.
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