Continuing in the spirit of Cate Speaks

Category: Victoria (Page 2 of 6)

Libertarian Party

Summary

Website: libertarians.org.au
Social Media: FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube
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: 202220192018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 20132010

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Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party

Summary

Website: shootersfishersandfarmers.org.au
Social Media: FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube
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 — 202220192018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 20132010

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Family First

Summary

Website: familyfirstparty.org.au
Social Media: FacebookTwitterYouTube
Previous Names: none
Slogans: worth fighting for
Themes: “Christianity” good. LGBTQIA+, reproductive rights, multiculturalism bad. And buy Lyle’s book
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia & Victoria
Lower House Electorates: Aston, Ballarat, Barker, Bass, Bendigo, Bennelong, Blair, Blaxland, Bonner, Boothby, Bowman, Brisbane, Bruce, Calwell, Capricornia, Casey, Chisholm, Cook, Dawson, Deakin, Dickson, Dunkley, Fadden, Fairfax, Farrer, Fisher, Flinders, Flynn, Forde, Fowler, Gellibrand, Gilmore, Gorton, Grey, Griffith, Groom, Hawke, Herbert, Hindmarsh, Hinkler, Holt, Hotham, Hughes, Hume, Hunter, Jaga Jaga, Kennedy, Kingston,La Trobe, Lalor, Lilley, Lindsay, Lyne, Macquarie, Makin, Mallee, Maranoa, Mayo, McEwen, McPherson, Menzies, Monash, Moncrieff, Moreton, Newcastle, New England, Nicholls, Oxley, Page, Parkes, Paterson, Petrie, Rankin, Ryan, Scullin, Shortland, Spence, Sturt, Wannon, Werriwa, Wide Bay & Wright
Preferences: not yet available
Previous Reviews: 2022 VIC — 2014 VIC — 20132010

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Legalise Cannabis Party

Summary

Website: legalisecannabis.org.au
Social Media: FacebookInstagramX/Twitter 1X/Twitter 2YouTube
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: 202220192013

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Trumpet of Patriots

Summary

Website: trumpetofpatriots.org
Social Media: FacebookTwitterYouTube
Previous Names: Australian Federation Party, Country Alliance, Australian Country Party and Australian Country Party: Give it Back!
Slogans: Commonsense Policies for All Australians
Themes: Labor, the Liberals, and the Greens have ruined everything, so give us a go!
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and West Australia
Lower House Electorates: Adelaide, Aston, Banks, Barker, Barton, Bass, Bennelong, Berowra, Blair, Bonner, Boothby, Bowman, Braddon, Bradfield, Brisbane, Bruce, Calare, Calwell, Capricornia, Casey, Chifley, Chisholm, Cook, Corangamite, Cowan, Cowper, Dawson, Deakin, Dickson, Dobell, Durack, Eden-Monaro, Fadden, Fairfax, Farrer, Fisher, Flinders, Flynn, Forde, Forrest, Gilmore, Goldstein, Greenway, Grey, Griffith, Groom, Herbert, Hindmarsh, Hinkler, Hughes, Hume, Hunter, Kennedy, Kingston, Kooyong, La Trobe, Leichardt, Lilley, Lindsay, Longman, Lyne, Lyons, Mackellar, Makin, Mallee, Maranoa, Mayo, McPherson, Menzies, Mitchell, Monash, Moncrieff, Moore, Moreton, Newcastle, New England, Nicholls, O’Connor, Oxley, Page, Parkes, Parramatta, Paterson, Petrie, Rankin, Reid, Richmond, Robertson, Ryan, Scullin, Spence, Sturt, Wannon, Warringah, Watson, Werriwa, Whitlam, Wide Bay & Wright
Preferences: Not yet available
Previous Reviews: 20222019 (as the Australian Country Party) — 2018 (VIC, as the Australian Country Party: Give it Back!) — 2014 (VIC, as the Australian Country Alliance) — 2013 (as the Australian Country Alliance)

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Viesha Lewand
Independent

Summary

Website: Vote 1 Viesha Lewand, JP for Australian Senate 2025
Social Media: FacebookTwitterLinkedInSubstack
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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Where oh where?

As with every election, there’s some folks – almost always independents – who go to all the trouble of registering, and then don’t seem to do anything else. In these days of our terminally online culture, they somehow manage to slip through the cracks and remain unfindable online, at least to our sophisticated search techniques, which consist of using the following search terms:

  • candidate name” + senate
  • candidate name” + election
  • candidate name” + australia
  • candidate name” + victoria

(Yes, we could include the year, but the recency bias of most search engines makes that unnecessary.)

Gentle reader, if you should stumble across any of the folk listed below in the course of your internet wanderings – or if you are one of the folk listed below – please let us know! We want to give everyone the best coverage we can.

The Group T independents are all somewhat MIA: Found them!

  • Raj Saini – unfortunately, there is a more infamous Canadian politician with the same name, which makes searching for them difficult. But even adding “Australia” or “Victoria” to the search terms doesn’t seem to help.
  • Kirti Alle – search results turn up their name only on lists of candidates, or in non-political contexts.
  • Yashaswini Srinivas Kanakagiri – search results turn up their name only on lists of candidates, or in non-political contexts.

In the Ungrouped section, four of the eight candidates are unfindable:

  • Susantha AbeysingheIt’s possible that this is the same person, but there’s no mention of the Federal election on their page. We have reached out to them to check, still waiting on a response as of 21/4. Found them!
  • Lawrence Harveysearch results turn up their name only on lists of candidates, or in non-political contexts. Plus, there seem to be multiple people with this name, making identification even more difficult. Found them!
  • K Blacksearch results turn up their name only on lists of candidates, or in non-political contexts. Plus, this is further complicated by the multiple people with whose name is “firstname K. Black”, making identification even more difficult. Found them!
  • Nate Ritter – search results turn up their name only on lists of candidates, or in non-political contexts.  Found them!

Wow, we’ve actually found almost everyone this year! We can only hope that this is not a portent of the Apocalypse.

Neal Smith speaks!

A little bonus for you, faithful readers!

In my review of Independent Neal Smith’s policies, I noted that I didn’t have much to go on, and offered him the opportunity to expand on his policy platform. Well, he’s taken up the opportunity, and given us some real meat to chew on. Here’s the Q&A – enjoy!
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