New book examines influence of back-benchers on law and politics

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Prior to the last Federal Election, Tony Abbott referred to the Senate as “feral” and argued against making deals with independents. Over the past 30 years however, Australians have been increasingly voting for minor parties and independent members of parliament – but are the major parties taking notice?

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Wednesday, April 15 2015
Produced By Judith Peppard
Featured in storyRichard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute and co-author of the new book, 'Minority Policy: Rethinking governance when parliament matters'
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