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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party

Summary

Website: www.onenation.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter
Previous Names: One Nation
Pauline Hanson’s United Australia Party
Slogans: We’ve got the guts to say what you’re thinking
If you want to change the government, change who you send there
Themes: Oppose vaccine mandates. Reduce immigration. No Net Zero. Protect and restore “the individual rights and fundamental freedoms of all Australians”.
Electorates: Upper House: Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & Western Australia

Lower House: Barton, Bass, Bendigo, Berowra, Blair, Bonner, Bowman, Braddon, Burt, Calare, Capricornia, Casey, Chifley, Cook, Cooper, Cowan, Cowper, Corio, Cunningham, Dawson, Dickson, Dobell, Durack, Fadden, Fairfax, Fisher, Flinders, Forde, Forrest, Fowler, Franklin, Fraser, Gippsland, Goldstein, Groom, Hinkler, Hume, Hunter, Indi, Isaacs, Leichhardt, Lilley, Lingari, Longman, Lyne, Lyons, Macarthur, Maranoa, McEwen, McPherson, Melbourne, Monash, Moncrieff, Newcastle, Nicholls, Paterson, Pearce, Rankin, Robertson, Scullin, Shortland, Spencer, Warringah, Wide Bay & Wright

The website proudly proclaims that One Nation will be standing in all 151 Lower House seats across Australia, so presumably there are still some candidates to be announced.

Preferences: One Nation’s How-to-Vote card is frustratingly opaque. Rather than name parties, it advises voters to vote for the alphabetical letter designated on the ballot. In Victoria,  that means the Australian Values Party is number 2, followed by the Liberal Democrats and United Australia Party. Shooters, FIshers and Farmers, and Australian Federation Party round out the top 6. The other states have the Liberal Democrats at number 2, and IMOP gets a look-in in Queensland at number 5. The exception is Tasmania, who places Independents Day and Amadino ahead of the Liberal Democrats. In Western Australia, Australian Values Party is number 2.
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2013 — 2010 — all these are on Cate Speaks

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The Liberal Party of Australia

Summary

Website: www.liberal.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — Instagram
Slogans: Stronger Economy. Stronger Future.
Themes: You can’t trust Labor
Look at everything we’ve done for you (but not too closely)
You can’t trust Labor
Electorates: Upper House: All states
Lower House: Almost all electorates
Preferences: The Coalition’s preferences are an interesting balancing act. There’s the obvious pandering to Clive, with the UAP coming in at 2, followed by a desperate scramble to find fellow right wingers who aren’t batshit crazy. This leads to Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party getting the number 3 slot, followed by the Liberal Democrats at 4, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party at 5 and the Australian Democrats at 6. UAP aside, these are among the more moderate parties to be found in the centre and right of our spectrum. It’s also notable that every last one of them is a past or current Parliamentary party, at least at a state level (in the case of the SFF).
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 — all these are on Cate Speaks

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What’s Next?

So, the election has finally been called, what happens now?

Well, first of all, you have until Monday, April 18 to get your enrolment sorted out. So if you’ve moved since 2019, or if this is the first election you’re old enough to vote in, now’s the time to take action. Especially since Friday and Monday are both public holidays. You can check your current enrolment details here, and if you’re enrolling for the first time, you can do that here.

Now, some parties and candidates are already out there doing their respective things, and we’ll starting the work of analysing them over the coming weekend, and posting what we find here. Nominations to be a candidate for the election are to be announced on Friday, April 22. At which point such things as Senate Ballot positions and preference cards will become available, and will be incorporated into our ongoing posts (and edited into the existing ones). We’ll keep you posted on what’s new and what’s been updated.

If you need to apply for a postal vote, the closing date to do so is Wednesday, May 18 – you can apply here.

If you’d like to vote early, you can do so between Monday, May 9 and Friday, May 20. We’ll post information on where you can do so once it becomes available. Please note that eligibility to vote early has been tightened from previous elections – the criteria can be found here. Also, voting early means that, in all likelihood, you will be forgoing the opportunity to feast upon a Democracy Sausage.

Finally, of course, there’s election day itself: Saturday, May 21, 2022. After which we here will be downing tools and having a well-earned drink or two.

Victorian Senate Candidates 2022

Please note that all links to previous commentaries are to Cate Speaks, only links for 2022 are on this site.

GROUPS

  1. Reason Australia (formerly the Australian Sex Party & Fiona Patten’s Reason Party)– Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 (VIC)
  2. Damien Richardson & John McBride — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022
  3. Australian Democrats — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  4. Coalition
  5. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  6. Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption (formerly the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2013
  7. Australian Values Party — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022
  8. Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2016
  9. Animal Justice Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013
  10. Australian Progressives — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2016
  11. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  12. United Australia Party (formerly Palmer United) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  13. Socialist Alliance — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2010
  14. Australian Federation Party (formerly Australian Country Party and Australian Country Alliance) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  15. Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (formerly Shooters and Fishers Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  16. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  17. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  18. Morgan C Jonas & Monica Smit
    Commentary: 2022
  19. FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022 — Created by the merger of:
    • Science Party — Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
    • Pirate Party Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013
    • Secular Party of Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013 — 2010
    • Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet
    • Climate Change Justice Party
  20. Susan Benedyka & Christine Richards
    Commentary: 2022
  21. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  22. The Great Australian Party — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentary: 2022 — 2019
  23. Liberal Democratic Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  24. Informed Medical Options Party (formerly Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) — Official Site
    Commentary: — 2022 — 2019
  25. Peter Byrne & Jason Wardle (formerly the Socialist Equality Party, now deregistered) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  26. Victorian Socialists — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC)

Ungrouped Candidates:

Queensland Senate Candidates 2022

Please note that all links to previous commentaries are to Cate Speaks, only links for 2022 are on this site, and that Queensland is not our primary focus, so not everyone listed here may be reviewed.

GROUPS

  1. Len Harris & Debra Yuille (running as the Silent Majority, an unregistered party) — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentaries: new party
  2. Socialist Alliance — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2010
  3. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  4. Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption (formerly the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2018 — 2013
  5. Reason Australia (formerly the Australian Sex Party & Fiona Patten’s Reason Party)– Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 (VIC)
  6. TNL — Official Site
    Commentaries: new party
  7. Federal ICAC Now — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022
  8. Steve Dickson & Rebecca Lloyd — Official Site
    Commentaries: new party
  9. Mike Head & John Davis (formerly the Socialist Equality Party, now deregistered) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  10. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  11. Indigenous – Aboriginal Party of Australia — Official Site
    Commentaries: new party
  12. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  13. The Great Australian Party — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentary: 2022 — 2019
  14. Australian Values Party — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022
  15. Australian Federation Party (formerly Australian Country Party and Australian Country Alliance) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  16. Animal Justice Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013
  17. Australian Democrats — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  18. United Australia Party (formerly Palmer United) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  19. Liberal National Party of Queensland — Official Site
    Commentaries: none as this party, but…
  20. Informed Medical Options Party (formerly Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) — Official Site
    Commentary: — 2022 — 2019
  21. FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022 — Created by the merger of:
    • Science Party — Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
    • Pirate Party Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013
    • Secular Party of Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013 — 2010
    • Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet
    • Climate Change Justice Party
  22. Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance — Official Site (archived on the Wayback Machine)
    Commentaries: new party
  23. Liberal Democratic Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  24. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  25. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

Ungrouped Candidates:

  • Robert Lyon — Official Site
  • David John Schefe
  • Lindsay Temple (running under the unregistered Australia One party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022
  • Chey Geoffrey Hamilton
  • Lorraine Smith
  • Laurence Quinlivan
  • Karakan Karoly Kochardy
  • Peter Rogers

New South Wales Senate Candidates 2022

Please note that all links to previous commentaries are to Cate Speaks, only links for 2022 are on this site, and that New South Wales is not our primary focus, so not everyone listed here may be reviewed. Fortunately, b_auspol is reviewing all New South Wales candidates and parties, so you can find more information by clicking through.

GROUPS

  1. Animal Justice Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013
  2. TNL — Official Site
    Commentaries: new party
  3. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  4. Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption (formerly the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2018 — 2013
  5. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  6. Max Boddy & Oscar Grenfell (formerly the Socialist Equality Party, now deregistered) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  7. Coalition
  8. Reason Australia (formerly the Australian Sex Party & Fiona Patten’s Reason Party)– Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 (VIC)
  9. Socialist Alliance — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2010
  10. Federal ICAC Now — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022
  11. Australian Democrats — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  12. Indigenous – Aboriginal Party of Australia — Official Site
    Commentaries: new party
  13. Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (formerly Shooters and Fishers Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  14. Seniors United Party of Australia — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
  15. Informed Medical Options Party (formerly Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) — Official Site
    Commentary: — 2022 — 2019
  16. The Great Australian Party — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentary: 2022 — 2019
  17. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  18. FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022 — Created by the merger of:
    • Science Party — Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
    • Pirate Party Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013
    • Secular Party of Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013 — 2010
    • Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet
    • Climate Change Justice Party
  19. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  20. Liberal Democratic Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  21. Australian Values Party — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022
  22. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  23. United Australia Party (formerly Palmer United) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013

Ungrouped Candidates:

  • Danny Lim
  • Julie Collins
  • Warren Grzic
  • Guitang Lu
  • William Laing

South Australian Senate Candidates 2022

Please note that all links to previous commentaries are to Cate Speaks, only links for 2022 are on this site, and that South Australia is not our primary focus, so not everyone listed here may be reviewed.

GROUPS

  1. Liberal Democratic Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  2. Animal Justice Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013
  3. Liberal Party of Australia — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  4. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  5. Bob Day & Pat Amadio
  6. The Great Australian Party — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentary: 2022 — 2019
  7. National Party of Australia — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  8. Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption (formerly the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2018 — 2013
  9. The Local Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022
  10. Australian Federation Party (formerly Australian Country Party and Australian Country Alliance) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  11. Australian Democrats — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  12. Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance — Official Site (archived on the Wayback Machine)
    Commentaries: new party
  13. Harmeet Kaur & Rajesh Kumar
  14. FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022 — Created by the merger of:
    • Science Party — Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
    • Pirate Party Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013
    • Secular Party of Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013 — 2010
    • Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet
    • Climate Change Justice Party
  15. Nick Xenophon & Stirling Griff — Commentaries (as Centre Alliance and Nick Xenophon Team): 2019 — 2016
  16. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  17. Informed Medical Options Party (formerly Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) — Official Site
    Commentary: 2019
  18. Rex Patrick Team — Official Site
    Commentaries (as Centre Alliance member): 2019
  19. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  20. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  21. United Australia Party (formerly Palmer United) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  22. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010

Ungrouped Candidates:

  • Michael Hopper

Northern Territory Senate Candidates 2022

Please note that all links to previous commentaries are to Cate Speaks, only links for 2022 are on this site, and that the Northern Territory is not our primary focus, so not everyone listed here may be reviewed.

GROUPS

  1. Country Liberal Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: none as this party, but…
  2. Liberal Democratic Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  3. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  4. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  5. Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption (formerly the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2018 — 2013
  6. The Great Australian Party — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentary: 2022 — 2019
  7. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  8. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

Ungrouped Candidates:

West Australian Senate Candidates 2022

Please note that all links to previous commentaries are to Cate Speaks, only links for 2022 are on this site, and that West Australia is not our primary focus, so not everyone listed here may be reviewed. Fortunately, axvoter is reviewing all West Australian candidates and parties, so you can find more information by clicking through.

GROUPS

  1. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  2. Australian Christians — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 (as the Christian Democratic Party, prior to their split.)
  3. United Australia Party (formerly Palmer United) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  4. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  5. Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption (formerly the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2018 — 2013
  6. Australian Democrats — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  7. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  8. Socialist Alliance — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2010
  9. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  10. The Great Australian Party — Official Site (archived on Web Archive)
    Commentary: 2022 — 2019
  11. Gerry Georgatos & Megan Krakouer — Official Site
    Commentaries: new party
  12. Liberal Democratic Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  13. Informed Medical Options Party (formerly Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party) — Official Site
    Commentary: — 2022 — 2019
  14. Australian Values Party — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022
  15. Animal Justice Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013
  16. Cam Tinley & Tricia Ayre — Official Site
    Commentaries: new party
  17. Australian Federation Party (formerly Australian Country Party and Australian Country Alliance) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  18. Liberal Party of Australia — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  19. FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
    Commentary: 2022 — Created by the merger of:
    • Science Party — Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
    • Pirate Party Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013
    • Secular Party of Australia — Commentaries: 2019 — 2013 — 2010
    • Climate Emergency Action Alliance: Vote Planet
    • Climate Change Justice Party
  20. Western Australia Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019
  21. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  22. Federal ICAC Now — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022

Ungrouped Candidates:

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