The major parties have agreed to sweeping changes to Senate voting in a move which would abolish mysterious preference deals that allowed micro parties to claim spots in last year's election.

With the support of the Coalition, Labor and the Greens, the recommendations are almost certain to pass through both houses of Parliament.

Recommendations from the inquiry include tripling the number of party members needed to register a party, and changing the rules in the Senate so voters are not obliged to number every box.

Committee chairman Tony Smith says Labor and the Coalition have worked together to put forward the changes.

"These changes are designed to restore choice to the voter, restore some clarity, and bring an end to the distortion of electoral will that has been occurring as a result of gaming of the Senate voting system," he said.

Labor MP and deputy chair of the committee Alan Griffin says the recommendations would be a positive way to address recent problems.

"We think they're the sorts of steps government should be considering very seriously to actually ensure that the sorts of events that occurred in the Senate election [of] September 2013 don't happen again," he said.

ABC election analyst Antony Green says the proposed ideas are sensible reforms which should reduce mysterious preference deals.

"No longer will people be struggling with a ballot paper twice as wide as the width of the voting partition, or trying to use magnifying glasses to read the ballot papers," he said.

"The ballot paper will be a more sensible size and people will be able to spend more time looking at the candidates and deciding who they want to vote for."