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Federal Election 2019: Meet the Socialist Equality Party

April 25, 2019 / / 9 Comments

Summary

Website: http://www.sep.org.au/website/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SocialistEqualityPartyAustralia/
Slogans:
 No to Militarism and War!
For Socialism and Internationalism!
Themes: Trotskyist communists, who consider themselves the only true socialist party on the ballot.  Pro-revolution, but anti-war.  Feminism is apparently divisive to the cause of the working classes.
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW, VIC
Lower House: Calwell, Hunter, Oxley, Parramatta
Preferences: Declaring your preferences is a bourgeois conspiracy.
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Federal Election 2019: Meet the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)

April 24, 2019 / / 4 Comments

Summary

Website: https://www.cdp.org.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frednilecdp/
Slogans:
 A voice for Family, A Voice for Values
Themes: Christian values of the fundamentalist variety.  Pro-life, anti LGTBQIA+.  Not terrible on the environment, and OK on disability stuff.  Weirdly into capitalism.
Electorate:
 Upper House: ACT (UG), NSW, VIC
Lower House: Most NSW electorates
Preferences: I can’t find preferences for Victoria, but in NSW, the CDP favours the Coalition, the Shooters Fishers and Farmers, One Nation, Australian Conservatives, and Rise Up Australia.  So yeah, the far right and the conservative Christian parties, but on the bright side, they seem to have avoided the ones that are only there for the racism and have no other policies.  Yay?
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Federal Election 2019: Meet the Australian Country Party

April 23, 2019 / / 10 Comments

Summary

Website: https://australiancountryparty.org.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/auscountryparty/
Previous names: The Australian Country Alliance
The Australian Country Party: Give it Back!
Slogans:
 A Voice for All
People before Party, Policies before Politics
Themes: Centrist with slightly libertarian tendencies, big on independence, freedom, and self-reliance.  More infrastructure and resources for regional Australia.  Policies very unclear, as they want to consult everyone on Facebook, which seems like the sort of choice one regrets before long.  (Could be worse, could be Twitter.)
Electorate:
 None.  This entire post was pointless, unless you like watching the evolution of small political parties.
Preferences: N/A
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Federal Election 2019: Meet The Great Australian Party

April 23, 2019 / / 17 Comments

Summary

Website: https://www.thegreataustralianparty.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greataustralianparty/
Slogans:
 For the restoration of the Commonwealth.
Themes: Another One Nation spin-off party, but taking the libertarian route rather than the white supremacy route. Conspiracy theorists. Possibly sovereign citizens.
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA
Lower House: Bean, Casey, Fraser, Newcastle, O’Connor
Preferences: The Great Australian Party has gone above and beyond in their preferencing, drat them, though not all the way to the bottom of the ballot.  Their top picks include the Democratic Labour Party, the Christian Democrats, Fraser Anning’s Conservative National Party, the Australian Conservatives, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, and the CEC.  Rise Up Australia, Love Australia or Leave, Katter’s Australian Party, the Australian Christians and the Liberal Democrats are also popular choices.  Their tickets generally stop at the Coalition.

Did you notice what was missing from this roll-call of conservative Christian and right wing nationalist parties?  That’s right – Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is noticeably absent.  I think someone is still feeling cross at having been kicked out…

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Federal Election 2019: Meet The Together Party

April 22, 2019 / / 2 Comments

Summary

Website: https://thetogetherparty.org.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTogetherParty/
Slogans:
 Let’s Rebuild Our Commonwealth Together
Let’s Get It Together
Themes: Socially-progressive policies, action on climate change, getting rid of privatisation.  Making Australia slightly better than average again.
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW
Preferences: No How to Vote cards available.

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Federal Election 2019: Meet The Small Business Party

April 22, 2019 / / 2 Comments

Summary

Website: https://thesmallbusinessparty.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesbparty/
Slogans:
 Let’s save small business together.
Themes: Small business is the heart of Australia, and is poorly treated by government.  We need to fight for small business owners and their families.
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW, VIC
Preferences: The Small Business Family is preferencing # Sustainable Australia, the Australian Conservatives and the Coalition in their top six in both NSW and Victoria. In NSW, they add the Liberal Democrats and the Christian Democrats, and in Victoria, they have Hinch’s Justice Party first, and the Democratic Labour Party in sixth place.

So essentially, conservative religious parties and libertarian parties.

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Federal Election 2019: Meet The Women’s Party

April 15, 2019 / / 4 Comments

Summary

Website: https://thewomensparty.org.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womensparty.org.au/
Slogans:
 It’s time to unite
It’s time for change
It’s time for equality
Themes: More women in parliament, equal pay, an end to violence against women.  Slight tendency to assume that women are naturally just nicer people than men.
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW
Preferences: No How to Vote Cards available, presumably because they are a tool of the patriarchy.

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Federal Election 2019: Meet Love Australia or Leave

April 15, 2019 / / 4 Comments

Summary

Website: http://www.loveaustraliaorleave.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Love-Australia-or-Leave-Political-Party-192189997783220/
Slogans:
 Love Australia or Leave, presumably.
Themes: They really, really don’t like Muslims.  Or refugees, but especially Muslims.  Other than that, your basic nationalist package, one or two good policies about veterans and housing and an education policy that isn’t terrible.  But mostly, it’s about maximising the Islamophobia.
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW (UG), QLD, TAS (UG)
Lower House: Fisher
Preferences: To be updated when the how to vote cards are declared.

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