Category: Western Metropolitan Region (Page 3 of 3)

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

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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

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Transport Matters Party

November 13, 2022 / Loki / 12 Comments

Summary

Website:	transportmatters.org.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter
Previous Names:	none
Slogans:	Community Driven, Fairness Focused
Themes:	Public Transport Health Taxis
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Point Cook, Werribee
Preferences:	The Group Voting Tickets of Transport Matters are wildly inconsistent from region to region, with the sole exception that the Freedom Party is always dead last, with One Nation, Family First and UAP battling it out for the next three spaces in most regions. The rest of the bottom half is usually filled out by Companions and Pets, the Coalition, ALP and the Greens, from highest to lowest – although in the Northern Metro region, 3rd place ALP candidate Susie Byers gets their fourth preference. The rest of the parties and candidates in each region seem to have mostly been sorted by some combination of brownian motion and complete indifference – although it’s notable that in Western and Eastern regions respectively, independents John O’Brian and Storm Hellmuth only just scrape in above Freedom, and Companions and Pets are third last in Northern Metro. I’m sure there is a signal somewhere in this noise, but damn is there a lot of noise.
Previous Reviews:	2018 VIC

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Angry Victorians Party

November 12, 2022 / Maz Weaver / 6 Comments

Summary

Website:	australianvalues.org.au/angryvictorians
Social Media:	Facebook — Instagram — YouTube — LinkedIn
Previous Names:	Australian Values Party
Slogans:	Politics People Turning Anger into Action and Action into Change
Themes:	We’re angry and it’s all Dan’s fault
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Bellarine, Lara, Lowan
Preferences:	Perhaps unsurprisingly, One Nation, Health Australia, and the Freedom Party are often high up on AVP’s Group Voting Ticket. Surprisingly – given that they have nothing to say at all about lockdowns or vaccine mandates – Legalise Cannabis features heavily. Astonishingly, Reason is preferenced in the Northern Metropolitan Region (see below for just why this is strange).
Previous Reviews:	2022 (as the Australian Values Party)

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Companions and Pets Party

November 10, 2022 / Loki / 9 Comments

Summary

Website:	companionsandpetsparty.com.au
Social Media:	Facebook — Twitter
Previous Names:	none
Slogans:	Protecting your right and freedom to love and own Companion Animals
Themes:	Your right to enjoy and own animals PETA is wrong about everything
Electorates:	Upper House: Eastern Victorian, North Eastern Metropolitan, Northern Metropolitan, Northern Victorian, South Eastern Metropolitan, Southern Metropolitan, Western Metropolitan, Western Victorian Lower House: Nepean
Preferences:	There’s nothing terribly surprising in CAP’s preference distribution – it’s business-lovers at the top and environment-lovers at the bottom, and I’m sure it’s no surprise that Animal Justice is at the very bottom of the ticket every time, with the Greens just ahead of them. Starting at the top, CAP preferences the Coalition parties first, followed by the Liberal Democrats and the DLP. Shooters, Fishers and Farmers come next, except in the Eastern and Western Victorian regions, where they are placed second, with the LibDems and DLP after them. After that, it’s United Australia, One Nation, Angry Victorians, Sack Dan Andrews and, curiously, Transport Matters. Then follows Freedom Victoria, independent candidates if there are any in that region, New Democrats, Legalise Cannabis and the ALP. After the ALP, it’s a less predictable assortment – you have Family First, Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party, the Victorian Socialists, Sustainable Australia, Reason and Health Australia, before we get to the final pair I mentioned above.
Previous Reviews:	none – they’re new

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