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Trouble is that senators need to be able to attend a minimum number of sessions which I can't see happening unless his current position changes dramatically.
 

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Trouble is that senators need to be able to attend a minimum number of sessions which I can't see happening unless his current position changes dramatically.
If a casual vacancy was to arrise his senate seat would be filled by a nominee of his party. You'd still have a Wikileaks Senator. Presumably if and when Assange became able to take the seat, his replacement would resign and the party would nominate him to fill the casual vacancy.
 

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My reaction gif was valid!

I worry about his motivations in choosing to run and whether recognition of his name will automatically bring people to vote for him purely out of a sense of familiarity, rather than voters actually voting in accordance with what the party is running for. Though I guess there are some pretty clear connections between the name and what he stands for.
 

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