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"Nationals WA have filed a submission to the State Government’s electoral reform committee urging it to consider the negative impacts of watering down regional representation in the Upper House. The party’s submission had three key recommendations. That included the democratic right for regional people to be able to reasonably access their MPs, supporting the current model of six MPs for each region and replacing group voting tickets with an operational preferential system of voting. Nationals State president Tony Crook said while the party appreciated the opportunity to provide a submission, it remained sceptical of the process. “The Nationals are not opposed to sensible reforms to remove preference harvesting; however, we have grave concerns about Labor’s pursuit of one vote, one value,” he said. “The whole process has been hastily put together for political gain by the McGowan Government to take advantage of their massive majority in both Houses of Parliament. “There is no compelling reason to reduce the number of regional representatives in the Legislative Council. “The current system provides for equal numbers of Members from metropolitan Perth and regional areas providing equal representation in the House of Parliament that reviews legislation and Government policy.” The submission by the Nationals comes after the State Government in April established a ministerial expert committee to examine potential reform of the Legislative Council."
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