a. Discuss and compare the current system of electing the members of the Senate

with an optional preferential system and critically analyse the difference(s) and

b. Which voting method for the Senate best advances the objective of

representative government contained in the Constitution and how?

c. While a right to vote has been found to be entrenched in the Constitution

through the use of the words ‘chosen by the people’,

Do you think the method of voting for the Senate should also be constitutionally

entrenched, limiting the power of the Parliament to determine and change the

method of electing the Senate and require a constitutional amendment approved

by the people under the terms of s.128?