Cherry's last laugh?

Just when you thought the Democrats' gala comedy festival was nearing the finale, Senator Cherry jumps up and spouts off a gag that has us rolling in the aisles. The Sydney Morning Herald ends an article with a serious proposal by Cherry, but the follow-up joke has many in stitches:

The Democrats' losing Queensland Senator, John Cherry, called for reform of the Senate voting system under which most people vote "above the line" - causing preferences to flow along lines determined by deals made in advance by parties. He complained the Nationals had "fluked the last Senate seat with the lowest vote in the party's history because of foolish preference decisions by Pauline Hanson, One Nation and Family First".

And how did Family First candidate, Steven Fielding manage to score a Senate seat with less than 2% of the primary vote? It wouldn't have been foolish preference decisions by the ALP and Democrats, would it? LOL

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