Category: Southern Metropolitan Region (Page 2 of 3)

Sustainable Australia Party

November 19, 2022 / Loki / 3 Comments

Summary

Website:	www.sustainableaustralia.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter — YouTube — Instagram
Previous Names:	Sustainable Population Party, before that the Stable Population Party
Slogans:	Redefining Growth
Themes:	Protect our environment. Stop over-development. Stop corruption.
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: none
Preferences:	Sustainable Australia is yet another Druery special. They’ve ranked their fellow alliance members together in various orders in the different regions, and given a big thumbs down to everyone else. Labor is the highest preferenced major party on their list, so that’s likely where their preferences will land.
Previous Reviews:	2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2013

Shooters
Fishers and Farmers Party

November 19, 2022 / Loki / 1 Comment

Summary

Website:	vicshootersfishersandfarmers.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter — Instagram — YouTube
Slogans:	It’s Your Powerful Voice Protecting your freedoms, our farmers and the future of outdoor sports
Themes:	Victoria? Where’s that?
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Gippsland East, Melton, Morwell, Narre Warren North, Ripon, Yan Yean
Preferences:	The SFF’s preferences are interesting. They’re a standard Druery mix for the part, with all the usual suspects, but the one major exception to this is the Companions and Pets Party, who are always third preference no matter what. I guess that make sense, the two pro-hunting parties sticking together. After the Druery alliance has finished playing musical chairs, the ticket rounds out in the same order every time: Independents, if any, followed by Freedom, Legalise Cannabis, Reason, the ALP, the Coalition, Vic Socialists, the Greens, and unsurprisingly, Animal Justice at the very bottom.
Previous Reviews:	Official Site Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

Liberal Democrats

November 18, 2022 / Loki / 0 Comments

Summary

Website:	www.ldp.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names:	none, but sometimes referred to as The Liberal Democratic Party
Slogans:	Getting elected to get out of your way.
Themes:	Get the government out of your business
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Caulfield, Frankston, Hawthorn, Lara, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South, Ovens Valley
Preferences:	The Liberal Democrats were a part of Glenn Druery’s alliance, and it shows in their preferences, which are a jumble of other alliance members – and the Companions and Pets Party, although not always. The only real consistency appears in the lower reaches of the tickets, where Vic Socialists, the Greens, Reason, the ALP and the Coalition are always last. If for some reason you feel that you absolutely must vote for this party, please vote below the line.
Previous Reviews:	2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

New Democrats

November 18, 2022 / Maz Weaver / 4 Comments

Summary

Website:	newdemocrats.com.au
Social Media:	Facebook
Previous Names:	none
Slogans:	New Democrats. New Choice. New Voice.
Themes:	Newness
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victoria Region, North-East Metropolitan Region, Northern Metropolitan Region, Northern Victoria Region, South-East Metropolitan Region, Southern Metropolitan Region, Western Metropolitan Region, Western Victoria Region Lower House: Kalkallo, Kororoit, Laverton, Melton, Niddrie, Point Cook, St Albans, Tarneit
Preferences:	In the light of the recent expose of Glenn Druery’s preference wheeling and dealing, ND’s Group Voting Ticket makes a lot of sense. Almost all their preferences are directed towards some combination of Health Australia, Shooters Fishers and Farmers, Justice, Liberal Democrats, Labour DLP, Sack Dan Andrews and – you guessed it – Animal Justice. For no readily apparent reason, Reason and the Greens get a look-in for Northern Metro and Northern Victoria respectively, but by far they’ve kept to the parties with whom they entered into this preference swap.
Previous Reviews:	None. They’re New, remember?

Animal Justice Party

November 17, 2022 / Maz Weaver / 5 Comments

Summary

Website:	www.animaljusticeparty.org
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter — Instagram — YouTube
Previous Names:	none
Slogans:	Animals. People. Planet. Vote With Your Heart.
Themes:	A better world for Animals, People & Planet, with emphasis on the first of those three
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victoria Region, North-East Metropolitan Region, Northern Metropolitan Region, Northern Victoria Region, South-East Metropolitan Region, Southern Metropolitan Region, Western Metropolitan Region, Western Victoria Region Lower House: Albert Park, Ashwood, Bass, Bayswater, Bellarine, Benambra, Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Bentleigh, Berwick, Box Hill, Brighton, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bundoora, Carrum, Caulfield, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Croydon, Dandenong, Eildon, Eltham, Essendon, Eureka, Euroa, Evelyn, Footscray, Frankston, Geelong, Gippsland East, Gippsland South, Glen Waverley, Greenvale, Hastings, Hawthorn, Ivanhoe, Kalkallo, Kew, Kororoit, Lara, Laverton, Lowan, Macedon, Malvern, Melbourne, Melton, Mildura, Mill Park, Monbulk, Mordialloc, Mornington, Morwell, Mulgrave, Narracan, Narre Warren North, Nepean, Niddrie, Northcote, Oakleigh, Ovens Valley, Pakenham, Pascoe Vale, Preston, Point Cook, Polwarth, Prahran, Preston, Richmond, Ringwood, Ripon, Rowville, Sandringham, Shepparton, South Barwon, South-West Coast, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Thomastown, Warrandyte, Wendouree, Werribee, Williamstown
Preferences:	AJP’s top preferences all flow to some combination of Legalise Cannabis, Reason, Victorian Socialists, and either Labor or Greens. Without exception, the lowest on the ticket are Labour DLP, Family First, and Freedom Victoria.
Previous Reviews:	2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013

Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party

November 16, 2022 / Loki / 0 Comments

Summary

Website:	www.justiceparty.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter — YouTube — Instagram
Previous Names:	none
Slogans:	It’s Just Common Sense!
Themes:	Harsher sentencing for criminals, end animal cruelty and legalise euthanasia
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Bellarine, Cranbourne, Melton, Point Cook, Polwarth, Ripon, South Barwon, South West Coast, Werribee, Yan Yean
Preferences:	Only one pattern emerges from the rather chaotic preferencing of DHJP: if you’re a major party, they hate you. The Coalition, the Greens and the ALP are placed last – and often jumbled together – in every region. Other than that, they appear to have drawn names from a hat.
Previous Reviews:	2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2016>

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

November 16, 2022 / Loki / 0 Comments

Summary

Website:	www.onenation.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter
Previous Names:	One Nation Pauline Hanson’s United Australia Party
Slogans:	We’ve got the guts to say what you’re thinking If you want to change the government, change who you send there
Themes:	Oppose vaccine mandates. Reduce immigration. No Net Zero. Protect and restore “the individual rights and fundamental freedoms of all Australians”.
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: none.
Preferences:	One Nation likes to mix it up a little, but certain patterns emerge: their top five preferences always go to some ordering of the Coalition, the Angry Victorians, the UAP, Family First and Freedom. Companions and Pets hold the sixth spot in every region except Western Metro, where the Group U Independents get in above them. After them, there’s another mixed bag of four, consisting of Shooters Fishers and Farmers, DLP, Lib Dems and Health Australia. The next two spots are always Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and Sustainable Australia. After that, there’s a brief island of predictability: the New Dems, Legalise Cannabis, Transport Matters, Sack Dan Andrews and Animal Justice are in the same order on every ticket. There’s another swapping pair of Reason and Victorian Socialists, and finally, at the very bottom, yet another swapping pair of the Greens and the ALP.
Previous Reviews:	2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010 — all these are on Cate Speaks

United Australia Party

November 15, 2022 / Loki / 0 Comments

Summary

Website:	www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names:	Palmer United Party
Slogans:	Save Australia
Themes:	Save Australia, although from whom and for whom is less clear
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: none
Preferences:	For a party that likes to vilify both the ALP and the LNP, you’d never know it from their preferences. The Coalition gets top billing, followed by One Nation, Family First and Freedom. The only variations to this top four is Eastern Victoria, where the Coalition and One Nation trade places, and in Western Metro, where the Coalition is fourth and the other three jump up one notch. From there, it’s an assortment of right-leaning parties – the DLP, the LibDems, Sack Dan Andrews, Health Australia, Shooters Fishers and Farmers, Sustainable Australia and Companions and Pets, in a variety of orders. After that, it’s everyone else: the New Democrats, Transport Matters, Reason, and Justice (in both Animal and Derryn Hinch flavours). Finally, Legalise Cannabis, Independents (if any), and bringing up the rear every time, Vic Socialists, Greens, and last of all, the ALP.
Previous Reviews:	2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013

Family First

November 15, 2022 / Maz Weaver / 6 Comments

Summary

Website:	familyfirstparty.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Instagram
Previous Names:	none
Slogans:	Put Victorians Family First This Election
Themes:	Religion good. LGBTQIA+ bad.
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Albert Park, Ashwood, Bayswater, Bass, Bellarine, Benambra, Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Bentleigh, Berwick, Box Hill, Brighton, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bundoora, Carrum, Caulfield, Clarinda, Cranbourne, Croydon, Dandenong, Eildon, Eltham, Essendon, Eureka, Evelyn, Footscray, Frankston, Geelong, Gippsland East, Gippsland South, Glen Waverley, Greenvale, Hastings, Hawthorn, Ivanhoe, Kalkallo, Kew, Kororoit, Lara, Laverton, Lowan, Macedon, Malvern, Melbourne, Melton, Mildura, Monbulk, Mornington, Morwell, Mulgrave, Murray Plains, Narracan, Narre Warren North, Narre Warren South, Nepean, Niddrie, Northcote, Oakleigh, Ovens Valley, Pakenham, Pascoe Vale, Preston, Point Cook, Polwarth, Prahran, Richmond, Ringwood, Ripon, Rowville, Sandringham, Shepparton, South Barwon, South-West Coast, St Albans, Sunbury, Sydenham, Tarneit, Thomastown, Warrandyte, Wendouree, Werribee, Williamstown, Yan Yean
Preferences:	FF are in lockstep across all Upper House seats. Preferences flow to the Freedom Party, Labour DLP, One Nation, and UAP in that order. No prizes for guessing why.
Previous Reviews:	2014 VIC — 2013 — 2010

Health Australia Party

November 14, 2022 / Maz Weaver / 3 Comments

Summary

Website:	healthaustraliaparty.com.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Instagram — YouTube
Previous Names:	none
Slogans:	For All Australians… A Healthy Choice
Themes:	Alternative therapies good, lockdowns and mandates bad. We’re not a single issue party, we’re sensible and balanced. Honest.
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Melton, Point Cook, Werribee
Preferences:	All over the place. Really. HAP’s preferences vary wildly from region to region, and honestly, I can’t see an overarching theme here. In Eastern Victoria, they favour Shooters Fishers and Farmers and Animal Justice (which are about as different a pair as you can get), while in Western Victoria the Angry Victorian Party edges out SFF and Animal Justice is way down on the ticket. The Metropolitan Regions aren’t any better. Labour DLP, Angry Victorians, Justice Party (not to be confused with Animal Justice, Liberal Democrats, and Sustainable Australia all pop up in the top 5. If you’re looking for a sense of where HAP sees its political alignment, you won’t find it on their Group Voting Tickets.
Previous Reviews:	2018 VIC

Category: Southern Metropolitan Region (Page 2 of 3)

Sustainable Australia Party

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Shooters
Fishers and Farmers Party

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Liberal Democrats

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New Democrats

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Animal Justice Party

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Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

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United Australia Party

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Family First

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Health Australia Party

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