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...