Labor's 'Godfather' seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Special Minister of State Don Farrell, who’s also minister for trade and tourism and the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, is a numbers man from way back.
A powerbroker of the right, in 2012 Farrell (only a parliamentary secretary at the time) had the numbers to be placed top of the South Australian Senate ticket, relegating...
