Doubling the Size of Parliament to 300: Expert Says Australians May Be Under-Represented

Published on November 27, 2023

A new parliamentary report has suggested the need for more MPs in Parliament due to a growing demand for representation as the population increases.  The committee for the Inquiry into the 2022 Federal Election has, in its findings, recommended an increase in the size of both houses of Parliament to reduce malapportionment and improve the ratio of electors to MPs. Malapportionment is the overrepresentation of certain electorates in Parliament as a result of these ratios. For example, if an electorate with 100,000 residents has one member and another has 10,000 residents with one member, then the latter has 10 times the proportional representation in Parliament. ...

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