Anger spawns new political movements

*Pic: Disillusioned with the leaders … Hockey and Corman and the infamous pre-Budget cigars

Many new political movements are taking shape. It’s a reaction to the state of politics in Australia.

It’s happening around the world too. Some of these new parties are non-parties – a reaction to the old, established parties.

Some are trying to promote a loose coalition of Independents. I can’t imagine how they are supposed to work together. Who will decide policy? Who will lead?

I have launched one of the latest: The Third Party. That is its working title only. We will register the final name when we have 500 qualified members.

The Third party will be a centre-of-the-road party. It will feature strictly local candidates, members can help choose and frame policies, it will have strict rules in its Code of Conduct. It will not be controlled by big business or trade unions. It will be controlled and run by its members.

The Third Party is being designed from the ground up to address the problems that voters are complaining about: domination by two big parties with wild policy swings that create chaos, interference by big money and trade unions, corruption, vote buying, preference deals, ideological policies, MPs and Senators who vote for their party instead of those who elected them.

The federal Liberal National government has introduced a Budget that unfairly punishes the less well-off while leaving those at the top relatively untouched. All the details are well known, so I won’t mention them here.

At the same time, we have a federal government that seems to think it is a good idea to make an art form of lying, distorting and misleading people.

I believe the federal government, and possibly Labor, will be severely punished at the next federal election in 2016. So, this is a good time to launch a movement that has identified areas of politics that need fixing. But there’s no time to lose.

I am identifying seats that I think we can win, helping to set up local and electorate branches, and looking for suitable candidates. I think the Tasmanian seats of Lyons and Franklin might succumb to a determined push – I’m not saying it will be easy.

To read more about The Third Party, visit the website at:

The Third Party’s beliefs and core values http://wp.me/p4D06M-3D

What you will find there is not set in concrete. I am open to ideas as far as policies are concerned.

Barry Tucker worked in the news media for more than 40 years, reporting mainly on politics and industrial relations. He lives on the NSW Far South Coast. You can contact him on Twitter at @btckr, or @3rdAUparty, or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005651564993. You can find out more about him on his blog, The Sniper, http://bit.ly/12CJae4 or his resource centre: Truth in News Media http://bit.ly/Z1XUC0 Contact him by email at: 3rdauparty@gmail.com

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