Wednesday, 19 November 2025

 Ellen SANDELL (Melbourne) (10:32): Neo-Nazis could be about to get a seat in the Victorian Parliament due to Victoria’s dodgy laws that allow parties to essentially buy seats in Parliament through preference whispering. Labor could stop this and they must stop this. Last week the Nine papers reported the disturbing news that the National Socialist Network, or neo-Nazis, have just announced their intention to form the White Australia political party and run for office across the country. This is deeply scary, obviously, for a number of reasons, the first being the huge threat to our social cohesion and to our multicultural, First Nations, Jewish and disabled communities in particular, who are key targets for the racism and violence of the neo-Nazis. Just a few months ago we saw the neo-Nazis violently attack Aboriginal women and elders at Camp Sovereignty, just down the road from Parliament. The really scary thing is, because of the dodgy vote-buying system in Victoria’s upper house, the neo-Nazis could get an actual seat in Victoria’s upper house on as little as 1 per cent of the vote if Labor does not change our dodgy group voting ticket system. All other states in the Commonwealth have gotten rid of the undemocratic group voting system. Victoria is the only place that still has it. Labor can make the choice to remove it.