Please note that all links to commentaries predating the 2022 election are hosted on Cate Speaks, only more recent reviews are hosted on this site.
GROUPS
- Coalition
- Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2013 - Animal Justice Party — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013 - Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) - Australia’s Voice — Official Site
Commentaries: 2025 - FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
Commentary: 2022 — Created by the merger of:- Science Party — Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
- Pirate Party Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013
- Secular Party of Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013 — 2010
- Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet
- Climate Change Justice Party
- Australian Progressives — Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2016
- Democracy First
- Keo Vongvixay & Taylor Hernan (formerly the Socialist Equality Party, now deregistered) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010 - Trumpet of Patriots (formerly Australian Federation Party and Australian Country Alliance) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 - Australian Labor Party — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Family First Party — Official Website
Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010 - Australian Democrats — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010 - Victorian Socialists — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) - Sustainable Australia Party – Universal Basic Income (formerly the Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption and the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2013 - Gerard Rennick People First / Heart Party
- Gerard Rennick People First — Official Site
Commentaries: new party - Heart Party (formerly Informed Medical Options Party and Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 — 2019
- Gerard Rennick People First — Official Site
- Libertarian Party (formerly the Liberal Democratic Party)– Official Site
Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - The Greens — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010 - Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (formerly Shooters and Fishers Party) — Official Site
Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 - Raj Saini, Kirti Alle & Yashaswini Srinivas Kanakagiri — Official Site
Commentaries: 2025
Ungrouped Candidates:
- Heena Sinha Cheung — Official Site — Commentary: new candidate
- Susantha Abeysinghe — no official site — Commentary: new candidate
- Viesha Lewand — Official Site (Facebook group) — Commentary: 2025
- Lawrence Harvey — no official site — Commentary: new candidate
- Cory Corbett — Official Site (Instagram) — Commentary: new candidate
- K Black — no official site — Commentary: 2025
- David Van — Official Site — Commentary: new candidate, formerly a member of the Liberal Party
- Nate Ritter — Official Site (Instagram) — Commentary: new candidate
From other sources, I’ve been led to believe that:
– Trumpet of Patriots is the former Federation Party, with added Clive Palmer
– Heart is the former Informed Medical Opinions Party (and is a separate party from Rennick’s group, but running a joint ticket)
FWIW
Welp, I really screwed those up. Thanks for bringing these to my attention, I’ve fixed what needed fixing.
Got to say, respect for independent candidates in the Senate having that hill to climb. Misplaced optimism for some of them, though really wonder what is in the mind of candidates who say nothing about themselves (got some spare $ to spend on a cheeky quiet Senate run?).
But looking at the first one Heena Cheung personally made me admire them for running. My no.1 vote is important to me because I like to show a minor party (or perhaps even independent) candidate that I saw what they were doing. For those who are actually representing something, I appreciate them being part of democracy (regardless of the chance of winning).
K Black in particular strikes me in this way. I mean, at least three years ago James Bond was running as a joke. (I will miss him and Max Dicks.)