AUSTRLIA PALMER UNITED PARTY VOTEAustralian Senator elect , Ricky Muir of the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party , listens as leader of the Palmer United Party , Clive Palmer ( not in picture ) , speaks at a press conference in Sydney , Australia , 10 October 2013 . Muir announced that the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party had signed a memorandum of understanding to vote with the Palmer United Party . Australia ' s quirky electoral system has delivered a seat in the federal parliament to an unemployed timber worker who did not previously own a suit . Despite winning less than one percent of the vote , Ricky Muir is off to Canberra on a six - figure salary to take up one of the 76 seats in the upper house . EPA / PAUL MILLER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT ▶   연합뉴스 " 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 "▶   지금 뉴스 스탠드 에서 뉴스 Y 를 만나 보 세요 ! ▶   그림 으로 보 는 " 인터랙티브 뉴스 "< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >