Malcolm Turnbull’s seat is up for election on 20th October. In absence of running our own candidate, we should publicly announce a position and possibly endose a like minded candidate. A full list of candidates can be found here. My personal analysis for those candidates closest aligned to our platform are the Greens party candidate Dominic Wy Kanak and the Science Party candidate Andrea Leong.
In the coming weeks I will make a mation to the National Council that we hold a party wide referendum to formally endorse one of these two candidates (or neither!). Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts?
That’s a good point and a debate we should be having. As a matter of National Council policy it’s up to the party to decide which of these two more closely aligns to our platform.
Miles, I would stay away from the Greens at all costs. They have a Self Destruct Button that I would steer clear of. They are political baggage not assets. I don’t know ANYTHING about the Science Party I am afraid.
We had meetings with them in Sydney and Queensland recently. They seem friendly, their policy positions seem compatible and they are open to some collaboration.
We met with the two Andrea’s in Sydney.
One is a nice lady who’s name is pronouncedly And-ree-uh and the other well bearded fellow pronounced And-ray-oo.
Geoff. I’ve now looked at the SP’s web page and agree, they are genuine and pursue pretty reasonable policy. The problem that I have with the Australian Greens is that they are so far wide of the mark from their true environmental base, that many of their great activist have become disillusioned. Thus I favor the Pirate Party being a real alternative to The Greens, and invite any disillusioned Green Activist to join the Pirate Party. In the year 2018 & beyond, it is the Pirate Party’s time to become a real political force. I am also new too Geoff.
Two strong independents in Kerryn Phelps and Licia Heath. Phelps is generally regarded as the front-runner of the non-Lib/Lab/Greens, Heath has the endorsement of Clover Moore and Alex Greenwich. Both towards the very bottom of the ballot.
Be interesting to see how the Lib Dems go being right next to the Libs this time.