AV is not an improvement as it’s harder for smaller parties/independents to win, the politics remains adversarial, there is a lack of minority and women representation, strategy voting is involved. Also notice how Australia is behind the countries of Norway, Denmark and Switzerland in the international rankings.
AV is not an improvement as it’s harder for smaller parties/independents to win, the politics remains adversarial, there is a lack of minority and women representation, strategy voting is involved. Also notice how Australia is behind the countries of Norway, Denmark and Switzerland in the international rankings.
https://www.fairvote.ca/ranked-ballot/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Country_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_Inequality_Index