The South Australian Legislative Council
Possibilities for Reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6235352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jordan Bastoni (The University of Adelaide, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-238 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2011.623666 |
| OpenAlex | W2018627996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper seeks to enter the current debate over the future of the South Australian Legislative Council by critiquing recent reform proposals and then outlining some modest suggestions for reform. The paper contends that a number of recent reform proposals are explicitly partisan and seek to enlarge the role of large parties and majority government. On the contrary others would ban political parties. The paper contends that whilst the Legislative Council exhibits many of the characteristics of an effective and useful upper house, reform of four areas would enable its review function to be improved. These areas include: the size of the Council; the term lengths of members; the method for resolving deadlocks; and the method for replacing retiring members. The paper then critically examines the proposal to ban political parties; and argues instead that instituting the Robson Rotation system would promote freedom of association and freedom of choice by voters
Function (biology · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |