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New South Wales Senate Candidates 2025

April 12, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Please note that all links to commentaries predating the 2022 election are hosted on Cate Speaks, only more recent reviews are hosted on this site. In addition, New South Wales is not our primary focus, so not all candidates or parties listed here may be reviewed.

GROUPS

  1. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  2. Max Boddy & Warwick Dove (formerly the Socialist Equality Party, now deregistered) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  3. Australia’s Voice — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025
  4. FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency — Official Site
    Commentary: 2025 — 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
    • Australian Progressives — Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2016
    • Democracy First
  5. Family First Party — Official Website
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  6. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  7. Animal Justice Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013
  8. Australian Christians — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 (as the Christian Democratic Party, prior to their split.)
  9. Libertarian Party / Heart Party / Gerard Rennick People First
  10. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  11. Sustainable Australia Party – Universal Basic Income (formerly the Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption and the Stable Population Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 20252022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2013
  12. Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia — Official Site
    Commentaries: 20252022 (VIC)
  13. Trumpet of Patriots (formerly Australian Federation Party and Australian Country Alliance) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013
  14. Coalition
  15. Jacqui Lambie Network — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2019 — 2016
  16. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  17. Socialist Alliance — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 — 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2010
  18. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

Ungrouped Candidates:

Animal Justice Party

April 29, 2025 / / 3 Comments

Summary

Website: www.animaljusticeparty.org
Social Media: Bluesky — Facebook — Instagram — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names: none
Slogans: Proving that care and compassion aren’t out of fashion – The Animal Justice Party stands for Animals, People and the Planet this Federal Election
Themes: A kinder world, especially for the animals
Upper House Electorates: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & West Australia
Lower House Electorates: Adelaide, Blair, Canberra, Casey, Chifley, Cunningham, Dickson, Dobell, Hawke, Hindmarsh, Hunter, Kingston, Lindsay, Makin, McEwan, McPherson, Spence & Wright
Preferences: AJP’s Victoria preferences go to Fusion, Legalise Cannabis, Vic Socialists, the Greens and the ALP, in that order. In SA, the order is similar: Fusion, Greens, Legalise Cannabis, Sustainable Australia and the ALP. Despite running in five other Senate races, no preferences are specified in any of those. Honestly, these are all fairly predictable nominally Left-leaning parties, with the ALP last as a circuit breaker. The high-ranking of Fusion is the only confusing thing here, all the rest seem pretty logical from an AJP perspective.
Previous Reviews: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013

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Keo Vongvixay & Taylor Hernan (Socialist Equality Party)

April 29, 2025 / / 1 Comment

Summary

Website: www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/sep/australia
Social Media: Facebook — Instagram — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names: Socialist Equality Party
Slogans: Build a socialist movement of the working class against war, austerity and dictatorship!
Themes: Build a socialist movement of the working class against war, austerity and dictatorship!
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales & Victoria
Lower House Electorates: Calwell, Newcastle & Oxley
Preferences: They basically ask you to put them first and whoever you want after that.
Previous Reviews: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010

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Australian Citizens Party

April 28, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Summary

Website: citizensparty.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Instagram — LinkedIn — SoundCloud — Telegram — TikTok — Twitter — Vimeo — YouTube
Previous Names: The Citizens’ Electoral Council
Slogans: Citizens Taking Responsibility
Return Government to the People
Take Back Economic and National Sovereignty!
Themes: Public Banks are good, Lyndon LaRouche is right about everything!1Even if he has been dead for six years!
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & West Australia
Lower House Electorates: Bass, Calwell, Canning, Cunningham, Fadden, Forde, Fremantle, Hotham, Hughes, Lingiari, Lyne, Lyons, Mallee, Moreton, Nicholls, Page, Riverina, Solomon & Whitlam
Preferences: The Citizen’s Party have given us preference cards for every Senate contest they’re in. But only in three states does this amount to anything – everything else is literally “put us first, whoever you like in the next five”. But in Victoria, they’re preferencing, in order: People First/Heart, Australia’s Voice, the Indigenous-Aboriginal Party, the Greens and One Nation. Queensland has the same five parties (although People First is joined by Katter, not Heart), but in a different order. Tasmania, on the other hand, brings in the Shooters Fishers and Farmers at 2, Legalise Cannabis at 3 and Sustainable Australia at 4, with One Nation at 5 and the Greens bringing up the rear. They also note that is NOT2CAPS in original an endorsement of any other parties or candidates—we have significant disagreements with all other parties, but we always look for common ground on which to collaborate. On most of these forms, they note that a Public Bank is the main policy they think you should look for in other parties, and that – by implication at least – this was the major thing they looked for when making their decisions.3Not sure how they wound up with some of their Tasmanian choices on that basis, though
Previous Reviews: 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010

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Sustainable Australia Party

April 26, 2025 / / 9 Comments

Summary

Website: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au
Social Media: BlueSky — Facebook — Instagram — LinkedIn — Reddit — Threads — TikTok — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names: Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption & the Stable Population Party
Slogans: DE-CORRUPT POLITICS for a fair and sustainable Australia
Themes: Reduce population growth and re-aligning Australian society more sustainably
Upper House Electorates: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & West Australia
Lower House Electorates: none
Preferences: The party’s official position is that they don’t really care who you number 2 or lower, so long as you number them 1. Which is either a fairly realistic assessment of how the preference system now works, or an implicit acknowledgement that no one wanted to do a preference swap with them1Or both, I suppose.
Previous Reviews: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 — 2013

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Gerard Rennick People First Party

April 24, 2025 / / 5 Comments

Summary

 

Website: peoplefirstparty.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names: none
Slogans: Putting the People First. Always.
Themes: ideology bad – except our ideology, ours is good
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria & West Australia
Lower House Electorates: Blair, Brisbane, Dawson, Fadden, Fairfax, Farrer, Fisher, Flinders, Flynn, Griffith, Herbert, Maranoa, McEwen, McPherson,  Moncrieff, Moreton, Rankin, Richmond, Ryan, Scullin & Wright
Preferences: GRPF is a part of the Australia First Alliance (watch this space, though). Its HTV card for Victoria directs above-the-line voting, with itself and the HEART Party first. Libertarians are at 2, followed by Family First, Citizens Party, Trumpet of Patriots and One Nation.
Previous Reviews: none

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Indigenous – Aboriginal Party of Australia

April 23, 2025 / / 1 Comment

Summary

Website: www.indigenouspartyofaustralia.com
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter
Previous Names: none
Slogans: For a voice IN parliament
Themes: Justice and equity for Indigenous Australians
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Queensland & Victoria
Lower House Electorates: Durack, Lingiari & Parkes
Preferences: The IAPA has only provided a preference card for the QLD Senate, but it’s unlikely their preferences would differ that much. So, we have Socialist Alliance at 2, followed by Legalise Cannabis and Australia’s Voice at 3 and 4. Fusion come in at 5 and the Greens at 6. Mostly left-leaning parties, which isn’t terribly surprising. And it gives some idea of how they might vote outside of their declared policies areas.
Previous Reviews: 2022 (VIC)

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FUSION | Planet Rescue | Whistleblower Protection | Innovation

April 21, 2025 / / 9 Comments

Summary

Website: www.fusionparty.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — YouTube — Instagram — TikTok — Mastodon
Previous Names: Last time around, they were the Climate Change Justice Party, Pirate Party, Science Party, Secular Party of Australia, and Vote Planet before they, ahem, Fused. For this election, they have added the Australian Progressives and Democracy First to the roster.
Slogans: A grassroots movement with big ideas
People like you
Let’s stop and actually reverse global heating
Themes: As above: Planet Rescue, Whistleblower Protection and Innovation
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria & West Australia
Lower House Electorates: Adelaide, Bennelong, Berowra, Cowper, Dunkley, Hindmarsh, McEwen, Makin, Melbourne & Wills
Preferences: Not yet provided, but their website does give this statement of intention regarding them:
Fusion will recommend preferences based on other candidates’ alignment with our vision and principles. Fusion aligns with other parties that value action on the climate emergency, integrity in politics, pragmatic solutions to a stronger economy, justice, equity, and social responsibility.
It’s fair to say that we do not regard the current government as good or effective, and have created the party to provide voters with an alternative that reflects their views.
Previous Reviews: From the 2022 election:

  • Fusion Party — 2022
  • Australian Progressives — 2022

In addition, some of their constituent parts have been reviewed by Cate in the past:

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HEART Party

April 17, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Summary

Website: heartparty.com.au
Social Media: Facebook — Instagram — Telegram — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names: Informed Medical Options Party & Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party
Slogans: Real Change Needs a Brave HEART
Issues at the HEART of All Australians
Themes: Anti-vaccine, pro “natural” therapies, and just a whiff of conspiracy theory.
Upper House Electorates: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland & Victoria
Lower House Electorates: Bennelong, Canberra, Eden-Monaro & Lindsay
Preferences: The HEART Party is a member of the Australia First Alliance group of far-right parties. Untangling the preference swaps in this Alliance is a nightmare, and Great Australian Party spokesperson William Bay’s accusation that the Libertarians have done secret deals with the Liberal Party has seen several vocal supporters hurrying to Instagram and Facebook to post videos exhorting followers of HP to abandon the Libertarians. At this point, all I can tell you with any certainty is that – inexplicably – HP is advising voters to preference People First ahead of their own candidates.
Previous Reviews: 2022 — 2019

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Libertarian Party

April 17, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Summary

Website: libertarians.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Instagram — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names: The Liberal Democratic Party
Slogans: Policies for Prosperity, Family and Freedom
A Libertarian Vision
Themes: FREEDOM!!! but more for companies than for people, and selectively applied
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania & Victoria
Lower House Electorates: Aston, Ballarat, Banks, Barton, Bendigo, Blaxland, Bonner, Bruce, Corangamite, Cowper, Deakin, Dobell, Fowler, Gippsland, Goldstein, Hasluck, Hughes, Hume, Indi, Kooyong, Lalor, Lyne, Macarthur, Mackellar, Macnamara, Macquarie, Mallee, McPherson, Menzies, Page, Parkes, Parramatta, Richmond, Riverina, Warringah, Watson, Werriwa, Whitlam & Wills
Preferences: The Libertarian Party is a member of the Australia First Alliance, but evidence has emerged that they are screwing their supposed allies – or at least, the Great Australian Party thinks so.
Previous Reviews: 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

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