Wikileaks Party Announces “Independent Review” of Decision to Preference...
After four days of ridicule since it claimed a decision to preference fascist, pro-gun and anti-feminist candidates in New South Wales was an “administrative error”, the Wikileaks Party has announced...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Party Turmoil Revealed – Leslie Cannold Resigns as Julian Assange’s...
Julian Assange’s Wikileaks Party running mate in Victoria, Leslie Cannold, has resigned as a Wikileaks Party candidate, according to a statement in her name published at Crikey.com (pdf file). Cannold...
View ArticleSmall Gods – The Bullet Train Party
For our previous Small God entries we’ve looked at parties that have grown out of communities that have relatively broad visions for the country. The RUAP want’s to take Australia back to a time when...
View ArticleSmall Gods – The Australia First Party (NSW)
If our next party was a small god wandering the deserts and hills looking for worshippers, it wouldn’t be offering visions of heavenly delights and rich food and drink, rather it would be the sort of...
View ArticleThe Not So Secret Life of Polling Day Volunteers
There’s a week and a bit to go until Sausage and Cake Day comes for us all. That day where mostly reluctant Australians take themselves away from whatever they are doing and visit their local primary...
View ArticleSmall Gods – The Future Party
After the last Small Gods entry I thought we might brighten the mood a bit by having a look at a party with a world outlook that doesn’t include creating a fascist state and hunting down foreigners...
View ArticleThe Greens – From the Fringe to Professional Alternative
We have had, over these past weeks, the excellent Small Gods series by @purserj, discussing the policies and philosophies of the micro parties that play a crucial role in the election, especially in...
View ArticleDrive By Sporting Shooters – The Glenn Druery Effect Hits the Senate
The election campaign out in Lindsay had some curious elements to it – something I will be writing about later this week. One of the more curious was the sight at prepoll of Fiona Scott patiently...
View ArticleWhat would a democratic Senate look like?
The recent election results for the Australian Senate are an undemocratic farce. Two parties, each with with less than 1% of the vote, are going to win seats ahead of other parties with more votes, and...
View ArticleAn Australian Senate
The Australian Senate is designed to represent the interests of the states, balancing the House of Representatives, by splitting power equally between the larger states and the smaller ones. However,...
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