I just find the whole opposition to this strange. The current results aren't representative of what voters selected, but rather than let the government make changes to try to rectify that imbalance they want a referendum to see whether there is public will for this? Why? We already have a system that distorts voters choices, so why not change it?
And this idea that the Liberals are going to rig this so that they win every election is just as crazy. Maybe at this moment in political history they would win more seats under a different system, but surely that wouldn't have given them some super majority last election? Things change. Parties, opinions and everything else. The idea that we can't make things more representative of what voters actually select because some politicians and political parties are trying to get in the way should make people somewhat concerned.
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