Please note that all links to previous commentaries are to Cate Speaks, only links for 2022 are on this site, and that South Australia is not our primary focus, so not everyone listed here may be reviewed.
GROUPS
- Liberal Democratic Party — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Animal Justice Party — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013 - Liberal Party of Australia — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Australian Labor Party — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Bob Day & Pat Amadio
- The Great Australian Party — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
Commentary: 2022 — 2019 - National Party of Australia — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption (formerly the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2019 — 2018 — 2013 - The Local Party — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 - Australian Federation Party (formerly Australian Country Party and Australian Country Alliance) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 - Australian Democrats — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010 - Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance — Official Site (archived on the Wayback Machine)
Commentaries: new party - Harmeet Kaur & Rajesh Kumar
- FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
Commentary: 2022 — Created by the merger of: - Nick Xenophon & Stirling Griff — Commentaries (as Centre Alliance and Nick Xenophon Team): 2019 — 2016
- The Greens — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Informed Medical Options Party (formerly Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) — Official Site
Commentary: 2019 - Rex Patrick Team — Official Site
Commentaries (as Centre Alliance member): 2019 - Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010 - Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 - United Australia Party (formerly Palmer United) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 - Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
Ungrouped Candidates:
- Michael Hopper
For the record, I am a Senate candidate in South Australia, being #2 on the Australian Democrats team. I previously served 15 years in the upper house of the South Australian Parliament. Having lived in SA since 1980 and being politically active I hope I can fill in a few knowledge gaps where little is known about a candidate or party..
In relation to Group E, Bob Day and Pat Amadio, Bob Day was a Family First party Senator from 2014-16, and previously a member of the Liberal Party–on the far right, belonging as he did to the H R Nicholls Society. He was a building and property developer which went bankrupt.
In relation to Group R, Senator Rex Patrick may have been upstaged/undermined by the reappearance of show-pony Nick Xenophon on the eve of the election. Ironically, Patrick had been one of Xenophon’s candidates, elected under the SA Best banner. As an independent, Patrick has steadily built up a loyal supporter base. A former sub-mariner, he has maintained regular and informed commentary about the government’s poor handling of Australia’s submarine project. He is a strong supporter of Julian Assange and press freedom. He has adopted Australian Democrats slogan of ‘Keep the Bastards Honest’.as his own.