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UPPER HOUSE REFORM LIKELY AFTER LABOR'S VICTORY IN VICTORIA.
MELBOURNE, Dec 2 Asia Pulse - Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has been to quick to claim a mandate to reform the state's upper house of parliament after his landslide election victory on the weekend.
Labor gained at least 18 lower house seats in the poll, and a likely majority in the traditionally conservative Legislative Council.
But Mr Bracks said even if an upper house majority eluded Labor, he would push on with plans to introduce proportional representation to the chamber.
"I think this showed that people want reform and change in both chambers of parliament, and we will make sure that happens in the Legislative Council," Mr Bracks said.
Labor has only once held a majority in the upper house, for six days in 1985, until losing a seat in a by-election.
Mr Bracks wants to introduce a senate-style voting system to the upper house, as well as cutting the number of MPs and reducing their terms from eight to four years.
The plan had previously been thwarted in the Liberal-dominated chamber, and by independents in the lower house.
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Source: HighBeam Research, UPPER HOUSE REFORM LIKELY AFTER LABOR'S VICTORY IN VICTORIA.