"unrepresentative swill" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Coined by then-Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating in a parliamentary address on 4 November 1992. Some sources state he used the phrase earlier, in 1989. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} unrepresentative swill (uncountable)
  1. (Australian politics, humorous, sometimes derogatory) The Australian Senate or its members. Wikipedia link: Paul Keating Tags: Australian, derogatory, humorous, sometimes, uncountable Categories (topical): Australian politics
    Sense id: en-unrepresentative_swill-en-noun-w-ksByaB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

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          "ref": "1992 November 4, Paul Keating, “QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: Loan Council Arrangements”, in parliamentary debates (House of Representatives), page 2,547",
          "text": "Then you want a Minister from the House of Representatives chamber to wander over to the unrepresentative chamber and account for himself. You have got to be joking. Whether the Treasurer wished to go there or not, I would forbid him going to the Senate to account to this unrepresentative swill over there… [interjections] where you are into a political stunt.",
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          "ref": "2019 April 2, Joe Aston, Myriam Robin, “Federal budget 2019: A tale of two treasurers”, in The Australian Financial Review, archived from the original on 2020-02-04",
          "text": "While the deterrent of by-elections has forced Morrison's lower house ministers to retire ahead of an all-but-certain return to opposition, those in the Senate can take a wait-and-see approach. While Steve Ciobo, Michael Keenan and Christopher Pyne have already bowed out (along with former ministers Julie Bishop – who didn't even bother with her usual cocktail party – and Craig Laundy), the Nationals' Senate Leader Nigel Scullion is the sole declared Cabinet refugee of the unrepresentative swill.",
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