Economy
Feeding frenzy on the far right of Australian politics
Dear friends,
There is a feeding frenzy on the far right of Australian politics as extremist groups smell blood and mobilise to take maximum advantage of the anti-Labor momentum at the coming election. So we have created a 19 page booklet ‘Micro-Right Parties 2013 election danger!’ A must read for voters about some of the crazies running in this year’s federal election, and how to stop them from gaining power.
See pdf attached or access the link online:
http://www.search.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Micro-Right-Parties-2013-web.pdf
Help ensure we have progressive voices in the Senate …
Peter Murphy
Coordinator
SEARCH Foundation
Promoting 21st Century Democratic, Ecological Socialism
www.search.org.au
Just to provide the full view of marginal parties for everyone to have the full info of the fringe dwellers. See the list below for the Lefties.
Micro-left
Like the micro-right, the main players in the micro-left are in the “big little party” list, including the Sex Party, Democrats, and Wikileaks (and arguably the Liberal Democrats). But there are more.
Animal Justice — a new party that loves animals, but I’m not talking about the taste. They want to provide “a dedicated voice” for animals in politics, and give them constitutional protection.
First Nation — a party that promotes the welfare of one particular race of people in Australia, but this isn’t considered “racist” because the race they prefer is favoured by the politically correct chatterati.
Pirate Party — focused on internet freedoms, similar parties have done well around the world and it will be interesting to see how effective the Pirate Party is in Australia. They could be competitive with the Sex Party, Wikileaks, LDP and HEMP in gathering the socially progressive vote. One to watch.
Secular Party — main agenda is to fight against religious influence, and so could be seen as the “anti-party” to the CDP, Family First, DLP and Christian Party. Received 0.1% average vote for the 2010 Senate so hasn’t really gained traction, but might be an option for non-religious centrists.
HEMP — the “help end marijuana prohibition” party is registered again after being deregistered for a few elections. Their agenda is pretty self-explanatory, and while other parties hint at drug law reform, HEMP and the LDP are the only parties to explicitly call for legalization of marijuana. Received over 0.3% last time they ran (back in 2004).
Senator Online — not quite “micro-left” but tends to prefer centre-left parties. Their policy is to not have policies until they see the results of online surveys about each topic. Got 0.1% in 2010 Senate election.
Carers Alliance — not quite “micro-left” but since they want more money for carers they tends to gravitate towards parties that believe in an ever-increasing welfare state. Got 0.1% in 2010 Senate election.
Socialist Alliance — many years ago there were a half-dozen socialist parties, but now there are only two, and SA is the largest… even having two councillors elected. They are loud, like to protest, get very offended by everything, and are trying (mostly failing) to bring together the different socialist factions in the country. They generally receive about 0.3% of the vote and tend to preference the Greens before Labor.
Socialist Equality — the other registered socialist party is “Trotskyist” and consider themselves the “real deal” holders of the communist flame. They got 0.1% in for the 2010 Senate, and tend to preference straight to Labor out of love for the union movement.