The abbreviation is most important - Peoples Other Party POP 
Open Ethical Party OEP
Civil Rights Party CRP
Civil Advancement Today CAT
People’s Voice is simple, clearly positions us against more issue specific parties and the thoroughly corrupt major parties, and is a good opening to talk about our hypertransparency and internal democracy, our social policies, and our remarkable ability to avoid corruption where nearly all other parties have failed (GVT comes to mind). It’s also a name we would need to live up to. It would hold us to account and really deeply entrench our duty to remain free of corruption and genuinely representative in the public eye.
and it feels nice in my head.
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Common Rights Party (CRP)
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The Social Contract Party
Common rights contrasts with Common-wealth, i.e. people associate wealth with money, so emphasiing rights coukd be a good thing.
Instead of the Common-wealth of Australia, we have Common-right of Australia.
Commonright of Australia Party (CRAP)
That’s an even better name than my earlier suggestion of the ‘Winning Party’
G’day everyone,
I’m brand new here (and thank’s for accepting me). I didn’t join because of the name “Pirate”, but it certainly got my attention. I’ve read the formal proposal thread and understand (and largely agree with) the reasoning behind a name change. But only one name suggestion has stood out for me, “Millennial Party” mentioned here … right at the end.
For me “Millennial” hits a demographic that is starting to self identify, are tech savvy and looking for change. “Millennial” doesn’t have left/right, liberal/democrat or any other political connotations that I’m aware of. If the Party is looking for a name that will resonate with voters for decades to come then “Millennial Party”, or some derivative, would be high on my list.
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I think keeping the focus on internet issues is a good niche. Other parties have the social liberties angle.
Seeing the list of parties that have been elected in each state seems to make it clear that the name needs to be punchy and something you can agree with without knowing much more.
How about:
Open Internet party.
No Internet Spying Party (a bit like No Pokies)
Better Internet party
Digital Liberties party
Digital Freedoms party
Online Jobs party
Digital Innovation Party
The Anti-Corruption Party
Basic problem with the idea of the ‘Millennial Party’ is that many of our members, probably even the majority, are not Millennials. It would limit our appeal to young voters only, and at the moment we already have broader appeal than that.
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Yep, you’re right. I still like “Pirate Party” most, despite it’s connotations. But who knows what a little bit of success might bring … Iceland.
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Common Liberty Party
I think that there are a lot of great suggestions in here and one thing is for sure that the Pirate Party name is holding us back. The policies are really great but when voters hear of us they either think that we are a joke party (“aargh matey”) or a bunch of freeloading internet content thieves who are only interested in abolishing copyright so that we can download until our heart is content.
Instead of going for terms that evoke political connotations eg: “people” = bunch of damn commies, “egalitarian” = bunch of leftist idealistic swine, let’s just stick to our core value of practical common sense policies.
So for a variety of reasons: Rolling off the tongue, keeping PPAU moniker and keeping it simple & concise of what we are about, I propose changing the name to:
Practical
(Formal name: Practical Party / Practical Party Australia)
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How about something even simpler and fundamental (especially given the current US canditate selection issues):
True Democracy Party
Modern Australia Democracy Party
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Personally, I would leave out any reference to the two major parties, Lib/Lab. Create a standalone name, that reflects the direction we want to point. My first suggestion would be Modern Australian Democracy Party.
JD63, I totally agree, but I would go further to also leave out any word that has been used by other political party, eg: “Democracy” - which could associate with Australian Democrats, or Liberal Democrats, etc. I would just condense your idea to just “Modern Australian Party”, “Modern Party” or “The Modern Party”.
The Modern Party is quite a good name. I have not heard of any other party using that word. I like it much as name I thought of which is The Practical Party.
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I like Modern Party, Modern is like saying progressive, but without the baggage.
“Modern Australia Democracy Party” might end up with the nickname the MAD Party, which would narrow our appeal.
Modern Australia Party would be a good refinement if there where other Modern Parties that we might get confused with, but i dont think there is. Modern Democracy Party implies we might want to change the way democracy works (like the FLUX Party).
Modern Party might get the acronym MOD which would have some synergies;
'Mod subculture in the 60’s which was very was progressive, it was short for modernist, was into music and culture, so it might be a catchy name for older people who can remember that.
In the tech scene Mod is an acronym for modify, which is also what we want to do, we want to make a mod for our current political system.
We could even short ‘Modern Party’ to the ‘Mod Party’ to really lock that acronym in.
EDIT: We could backronym ‘Mod’ to Modern or Modify depending on the context.
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WRT the whole LeftLib concept - I feel it is a terrible idea for a few reasons. Firstly It doesn’t really inform people about what we are. As has been said before, the most research 90% of people do before voting is to read the ballot (and maybe a pamphlet on the way in to the polling station). Hence the Sex Party, Hunting Fishing Shooting Party, Motoring Enthusiasts Party. Be descriptive and engaging, not obscure and boring.
Secondly, as has been mentioned by many people, modern libertarianism is a dirty word. Even if it has meanings which fit our purpose, it is way too easy for opponents/media to identify examples of loopy libertarianism (and be sure they will).
Finally, we can say the exact same thing about “left”. Left politics these days is identified with “social justice warriors”, identity politics and possibly evokes a more authoritarian feel than the label “right politics”. If you don’t realise how much that label would stunt any political movement you need to consider how broad your social circle is - I would say that outside of university politics a majority of Australians would never want to associate themselves with the label “leftie”.
My preference is to keep PPAU, however if we must move - Transparency, Liberty and Digital Reform Party.
Plus we’ll score plenty of voters who don’t have time to read the whole ballot.
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Less is more. I joined the Pirate Party because it has a tradition, history and a focus. It is about something.
The issues on branding / mind share are not improved with a new name. They are improved with communicating a message and with action.
Clarity of what Pirate Party is, is the #1 need at present IMO. It is not a generic socially progressive political platform. There is already several of those. We are different. So we should be different.
We have the advantage of having the most technically relevant political views for the future of all parties. Translating that into voter engagement and a message is our job, and if we are not doing that well we need to fix it. A name without the equity of meaning that Pirate Party has does not improve this situation IMO and is confusing symptom for cause.
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