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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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Federal Election 2019: Meet Independents for Climate Action Now

April 13, 2019 / / 1 Comment

Summary

Website: https://i-c-a-n.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICANAusPol/
Slogans:
 Australia’s Climate Party
Themes: Climate change is an emergency, and immediate action is required.  Single issue coalition of independents,
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW, QLD, VIC
Preferences: So far, ICAN has only provided a How to Vote Card for NSW, and it is endearing, but not illuminating:

Remember you must number 1-6 above the line, or 1-12 below the line.  Please consider preferencing parties with Strong Climate policies.

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Federal Election 2019: Fraser Anning’s Conservative National Party

April 13, 2019 / / 6 Comments

Summary

Website: https://www.conservativenationalparty.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conservativenationalparty/
Slogans:
 One nation under God, united by the crimson threads of kinship.
Working for real Australians.
Themes: White Australia policy, xenophobia, homophobia, likes guns, doesn’t like eggs, basically trying to return us to the 1890s.  Too racist for Pauline Hanson.
Electorate:
 Upper House: ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC
Lower House: All over the bloody place, but especially in QLD.
Preferences: FACN is very partial to the Great Australian Party, which isn’t surprising, since it is also founded by someone who was too obnoxious for One Nation.  The Australian Conservatives and the Shooters,  Fishers and Farmers appear on every preference list where they are available, as do Yellow Vests Australia (the artists formerly known as the Australian Liberty Alliance).  The Liberal Democrats and Rise Up Australia are also occasional choices, alongside One Nation.  And the preferences eventually flow, like the runny inside of a perfectly soft-boiled egg, to the Liberal Party (which, in this story, are toast).

So yeah, pretty much what you’d expect.  Right wing conspiracy theorists and racists with guns.  And the Liberal Party. What lovely company they are keeping!

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Federal Election 2019: Meet the Child Protection Party

April 13, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Summary

Website: https://www.childprotectionparty.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/childprotectionparty/
Slogans:
 Let’s raise children who won’t have to recover from their childhoods.
Ensuring a more equitable, fairer and transparent Child Protection System.
Producing better outcomes for all children and their families.
Themes: Single issue party.  Ending child abuse – centering children in decision-making, but keeping families together where possible.
Electorate:
 Lower House: Sturt
Preferences: None provided, but since their candidate has previously run as an AJP and a Greens candidate, we can probably guess where their preferences lie.

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Federal Election 2019: Meet the Australian People’s Party

April 8, 2019 / / 2 Comments

Summary

Website: http://australianpeoplesparty.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustralianPeoplesParty/
Slogans:
 A New Direction for Australia: Time for a Change
Themes: Common sense and a fair go.  See themselves as centrist, but fairly progressive.  Increases to welfare, more renewable energy, better healthcare.  Slightly obsessive about fraud, and a bit funny about foreigners.
Electorate:
 Upper House: NSW
Preferences: No How To Vote cards available.

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