Election flops – a night to forget for minor parties on the left and the right
- Written by Maxine Newlands, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, Cairns Institute, James Cook University
Minor parties were all the rage at the last election when, along with independent candidates, they secured almost a third of votes.
But they have failed to build on that success at this election. The biggest and best funded of the minor parties – the Greens, One Nation and Trumpet of Patriots – have all had disappointing results.
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