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election year (part 1)
Aug. 2nd, 2010 10:27 amHm, so there's 60 candidates for the Senate in Victoria representing 20 parties and 5 people running as independents. As per usual some of these parties I've never actually heard of, which is probably because they got set up in a hurry to put a Senate candidate or two in.
The parties are:
Socialist Equality Party (I read that initially as "Equity" which would also have worked)
Family First
Australian Greens
Senator On-Line (does this sound like they plan to work from home to anyone else? Just curious)
Democratic Labor Party of Australia (are these guys still going?? Seriously??)
Australian Democrats
Shooters and Fishers (oops, accidentally typed a 't' instead of a 'h' in the second word initially which changes the meaning quite considerably)
Australian Sex Party (?????)
The Climate Sceptics (as above, only more so - let me guess, they read the Herald-Sun article which quoted a lifesaver at Albert Park as saying "well I haven't noticed it being any warmer, it's been quite chilly this winter")
Socialist Alliance (perennials)
Citizens Electoral Council (also perennials, but I've no idea what they stand for/against - I only ever hear of them at election time)
Building Australia (the Master Builder's Association's running a party now? Probably not, but it'd be kind of amusing if that's who they were. Even more amusing if it's a group of incredibly frustrated engineers who want more infrastructure maintenance/construction projects.)
One Nation (see DLP comment)
Liberal
Christian Democratic Party (who?? I've seriously never heard of this mob)
Australian Labor Party
Secular Party of Australia (I think more accurately they're the Atheist Party of Australia, but admittedly that's based solely on the one candidate interview I've seen)
Carer's Alliance (it's kind of sad when you get frustrated enough that you have to form a party to try and get someone to hear you. Understandable, but sad that it has to get to that point)
Liberal Democrats (yeah I'm not entirely sure what differentiates them from the DLP either)
Damn, no Natural Law Party? Who's going to Om For Australia now then?
Locally I have 5 candidates to choose from. Apart from the usual suspects (ALP, Lib) there's a Family First, a Secular Party and an Australian Greens. Given that we are a safe ALP seat I don't think it's really going to matter in the long run, but hey I'll still have fun preferencing.
The parties are:
Socialist Equality Party (I read that initially as "Equity" which would also have worked)
Family First
Australian Greens
Senator On-Line (does this sound like they plan to work from home to anyone else? Just curious)
Democratic Labor Party of Australia (are these guys still going?? Seriously??)
Australian Democrats
Shooters and Fishers (oops, accidentally typed a 't' instead of a 'h' in the second word initially which changes the meaning quite considerably)
Australian Sex Party (?????)
The Climate Sceptics (as above, only more so - let me guess, they read the Herald-Sun article which quoted a lifesaver at Albert Park as saying "well I haven't noticed it being any warmer, it's been quite chilly this winter")
Socialist Alliance (perennials)
Citizens Electoral Council (also perennials, but I've no idea what they stand for/against - I only ever hear of them at election time)
Building Australia (the Master Builder's Association's running a party now? Probably not, but it'd be kind of amusing if that's who they were. Even more amusing if it's a group of incredibly frustrated engineers who want more infrastructure maintenance/construction projects.)
One Nation (see DLP comment)
Liberal
Christian Democratic Party (who?? I've seriously never heard of this mob)
Australian Labor Party
Secular Party of Australia (I think more accurately they're the Atheist Party of Australia, but admittedly that's based solely on the one candidate interview I've seen)
Carer's Alliance (it's kind of sad when you get frustrated enough that you have to form a party to try and get someone to hear you. Understandable, but sad that it has to get to that point)
Liberal Democrats (yeah I'm not entirely sure what differentiates them from the DLP either)
Damn, no Natural Law Party? Who's going to Om For Australia now then?
Locally I have 5 candidates to choose from. Apart from the usual suspects (ALP, Lib) there's a Family First, a Secular Party and an Australian Greens. Given that we are a safe ALP seat I don't think it's really going to matter in the long run, but hey I'll still have fun preferencing.
