Greens representation should be proportional

Why are the Greens in Australia not campaigning for the introduction of proportional representation in all Australian parliaments?

It is in their policy platform and it would very obviously be in their interest and in the national interest.

The recent Federal and Victorian state elections demonstrated clearly that proportional representation would have ensured election of several Green candidates in both legislatures in proportion to the percentage of votes cast for them.

That is only a fair democratic form of representation and it is practised in a very large number of countries of the world.

In both instances, the Greens failed to get any seats in the lower houses.

In the forthcoming NSW election, the Greens may win one or two lower house seats but if they get 15 per cent of the vote they should have 15 per cent of 93 members, that is 14 members, the balance of power.

Letter, 11 Feb 2011 Klaas Woldring, Pearl Beach