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?