Continuing in the spirit of Cate Speaks
| Website: | Independent for Forests Restoration. Lawrence Harvey. |
| Social Media: | |
| Previous Names: | none |
| Slogans: | Restore the Forests |
| Themes: | Forest restoration |
| Upper House Electorates: | Victoria |
| Lower House Electorates: | none |
| Preferences: | none |
| Previous Reviews: | none |
| Website: | www.indigenouspartyofaustralia.com |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Twitter |
| Previous Names: | none |
| Slogans: | For a voice IN parliament |
| Themes: | Justice and equity for Indigenous Australians |
| Upper House Electorates: | New South Wales, Queensland & Victoria |
| Lower House Electorates: | Durack, Lingiari & Parkes |
| Preferences: | The IAPA has only provided a preference card for the QLD Senate, but it’s unlikely their preferences would differ that much. So, we have Socialist Alliance at 2, followed by Legalise Cannabis and Australia’s Voice at 3 and 4. Fusion come in at 5 and the Greens at 6. Mostly left-leaning parties, which isn’t terribly surprising. And it gives some idea of how they might vote outside of their declared policies areas. |
| Previous Reviews: | 2022 (VIC) |
| Website: | www.fusionparty.org.au |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Twitter — YouTube — Instagram — TikTok — Mastodon |
| Previous Names: | Last time around, they were the Climate Change Justice Party, Pirate Party, Science Party, Secular Party of Australia, and Vote Planet before they, ahem, Fused. For this election, they have added the Australian Progressives and Democracy First to the roster. |
| Slogans: | A grassroots movement with big ideas People like you Let’s stop and actually reverse global heating |
| Themes: | As above: Planet Rescue, Whistleblower Protection and Innovation |
| Upper House Electorates: | New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria & West Australia |
| Lower House Electorates: | Adelaide, Bennelong, Berowra, Cowper, Dunkley, Hindmarsh, McEwen, Makin, Melbourne & Wills |
| Preferences: | Not yet provided, but their website does give this statement of intention regarding them: Fusion will recommend preferences based on other candidates’ alignment with our vision and principles. Fusion aligns with other parties that value action on the climate emergency, integrity in politics, pragmatic solutions to a stronger economy, justice, equity, and social responsibility. It’s fair to say that we do not regard the current government as good or effective, and have created the party to provide voters with an alternative that reflects their views. |
| Previous Reviews: | From the 2022 election:
In addition, some of their constituent parts have been reviewed by Cate in the past: |
| Website: | Box ‘T’ Independent Candidates for the Senate |
| Social Media: | none confirmed |
| Previous Names: | none |
| Slogans: | Your Voice, Your Power in the Senate |
| Themes: | Caring about people and wanting to make things better |
| Upper House Electorates: | Victoria |
| Lower House Electorates: | none |
| Preferences: | None provided. |
| Previous Reviews: | none |
| Website: | libertarians.org.au |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Instagram — Twitter — YouTube |
| Previous Names: | The Liberal Democratic Party |
| Slogans: | Policies for Prosperity, Family and Freedom A Libertarian Vision |
| Themes: | FREEDOM!!! but more for companies than for people, and selectively applied |
| Upper House Electorates: | New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania & Victoria |
| Lower House Electorates: | Aston, Ballarat, Banks, Barton, Bendigo, Blaxland, Bonner, Bruce, Corangamite, Cowper, Deakin, Dobell, Fowler, Gippsland, Goldstein, Hasluck, Hughes, Hume, Indi, Kooyong, Lalor, Lyne, Macarthur, Mackellar, Macnamara, Macquarie, Mallee, McPherson, Menzies, Page, Parkes, Parramatta, Richmond, Riverina, Warringah, Watson, Werriwa, Whitlam & Wills |
| Preferences: | The Libertarian Party is a member of the Australia First Alliance, but evidence has emerged that they are screwing their supposed allies – or at least, the Great Australian Party thinks so. |
| Previous Reviews: | 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 |
| Website: | shootersfishersandfarmers.org.au |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Instagram — Twitter — YouTube |
| Previous Names: | none |
| Slogans: | It’s Your Powerful Voice |
| Themes: | Anything worth doing is worth half-assing |
| Upper House Electorates: | Tasmania & Victoria |
| Lower House Electorates: | Calare, Farrer, Hunter, Lindsay, Lyons, Page, Parkes & Riverina |
| Preferences: | not yet available |
| Previous Reviews: | 2022 VIC — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 |
| Website: | australiasvoice.com.au |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Instagram — Twitter |
| Previous Names: | none |
| Slogans: | Don’t Waste Your Vote This Election… |
| Themes: | What if the ALP was actually a party of the Left? |
| Upper House Electorates: | New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria & West Australia |
| Lower House Electorates: | none |
| Preferences: | Not yet available |
| Previous Reviews: | none |
| Website: | www.crikey.com.au/topic/crikey-for-pm |
| Social Media: | none |
| Previous Names: | none |
| Slogans: | none |
| Themes: | none |
| Upper House Electorates: | Victoria |
| Lower House Electorates: | none |
| Preferences: | To quote from the site: We really, really don’t want to win, and we won’t be making preferences |
| Previous Reviews: | none |
| Website: | legalisecannabis.org.au |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Instagram — X/Twitter 1 — X/Twitter 2 — YouTube |
| Previous Names: | Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party |
| Slogans: | In this case, the party name pretty much is the slogan |
| Themes: | Civil rights and health, with a particular focus on smokin’ a bunch of weed |
| Upper House Electorates: | New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & West Australia |
| Lower House Electorates: | Bendigo, Blair, Bonner, Bruce, Bullwinkel, Calwell, Cooper, Corangamite, Cowper, Dickson, Dobell, Dunkley, Forrest, Gilmore, Gorton, Hasluck, Hawke, Holt, Hunter, Leichardt, Lyne, McEwen, Paterson, Pearce, Richmond, Robertson, Tangney, Werriwa & Wills |
| Preferences: | None. |
| Previous Reviews: | 2022 — 2019 — 2013 |
| Website: | Vote 1 Viesha Lewand, JP for Australian Senate 2025 |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Twitter — LinkedIn — Substack |
| Previous Names: | none |
| Slogans: | Let’s do this together — Standing up for what we believe in for a future we will1Yes, that’s where the sentence ends. The original is also in ALL CAPS, but I decided to spare you that. |
| Themes: | good question |
| Electorates: | Upper House: Victoria Lower House: none |
| Preferences: | None provided, however Lewand has stated that Senators I respect and will support are Gerard Rennick and Malcolm Roberts who have proven themselves by always supporting Australians first. Take that for what it’s worth. |
| Previous Reviews: | none |
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