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Northern Territory 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, Northern Territory is not our primary focus, so not all candidates or parties listed here may be reviewed.

GROUPS

  1. 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
  2. Legalise Cannabis Australia (previously Help End Marijuana Prohibition aka HEMP Party) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2013
  3. Australian Labor Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  4. Country Liberal Party — Official Site
    Commentaries: none as this party, but…
  5. The Greens — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010
  6. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  7. Citizens Party (formerly Citizens Electoral Council of Australia) — Official Site
    Commentaries: 2025 — 2022 — 2019 — 2013 — 2010
  8. Libertarian Party (formerly the Liberal Democratic Party)– Official Site
    Commentaries: 2022 (VIC) — 2022 — 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

Ungrouped Candidates:

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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Legalise Cannabis Party

April 14, 2025 / / 4 Comments

Summary

Website: legalisecannabis.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Instagram — X/Twitter 1 — X/Twitter 2 — YouTube
Previous Names: Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party
Slogans: In this case, the party name pretty much is the slogan
Themes: Civil rights and health, with a particular focus on smokin’ a bunch of weed
Upper House Electorates: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & West Australia
Lower House Electorates: Bendigo, Blair, Bonner, Bruce, Bullwinkel, Calwell, Cooper, Corangamite, Cowper, Dickson, Dobell, Dunkley, Forrest, Gilmore, Gorton, Hasluck, Hawke, Holt, Hunter, Leichardt, Lyne, McEwen, Paterson, Pearce, Richmond, Robertson, Tangney, Werriwa & Wills
Preferences: None.
Previous Reviews: 2022 — 2019 — 2013

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National Party of Australia

May 18, 2022 / / 11 Comments

Summary

Website: nationals.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — Instagram — YouTube
Previous Names: Australian Country Party, National Country Party
Slogans: Getting it Done for Regional Australia
Themes: We’re the less popular friend of the liberals
Electorates: Upper House: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria
Lower House: Barker, Calare, Capricornia, Cowper, Durack, Gippsland, Hinkler, Hunter, Indi, Lyne, Malle, Maranoa, New England, Nicholls, Page, Parkes, Richmond, Riverina & Wide Bay
Preferences: It’s a right-wing roll call in most places. The United Australia Party has replaced One Nation as the preferred number 2 vote in New South Wales and Victoria. Queensland is sticking with One Nation, while South Australia has the Liberals in that spot. In the Northern Territory, it’s the Liberal Democrats. Going further down the ticket, the Northern Territory surprisingly preferences Labor at number 3, but in all other Senate races minor, right-leaning parties get the nod.
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010

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Australian Labor Party

May 16, 2022 / / 4 Comments

Summary

Website: www.alp.org
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — Instagram — YouTube
Previous Names: none
Slogans: A Better Future
Medicare, Childcare, Aged Care, Labor Cares
Themes: We do hold a hose
Electorates: Upper House: All
Lower House: All
Preferences: A mixed bag. Greens get the coveted number 2 spot in most states. Tasmania directs preferences to Jacquie Lambie Network, and ACT to David Pocock. The next preference changes depending on the state: Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party in Victoria; Shooters Fishers and Farmers in NSW; Animal Justice in Queensland, SA, and WA; Greens in Tasmania and ACT; and Liberal Democrats in NT.
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2018 — 2014 — 2013

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Sustainable Australia Party

May 13, 2022 / / 10 Comments

Summary

Website: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — YouTube — Instagram
Previous Names: Sustainable Population Party, before that the Stable Population Party
Slogans: Redefining Growth
Themes: Protect our environment. Stop over-development. Stop corruption.
Electorates: Upper House: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and West Australia
Lower House: Eden-Monaro, Goldstein & North Sydney
Preferences: Sustainable Australia is another party that doesn’t want to suggest how you should direct your preferences. As long as you vote for them first, you can do what you like with the rest of the choices.
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2018 — 2013

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United Australia Party

May 11, 2022 / / 5 Comments

Summary

Website: www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — YouTube
Previous Names: Palmer United Party
Slogans: Save Australia
Themes: Make Australia Great Again
Electorates: Upper House: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
Lower House: All
Preferences: There are no surprises on UAP’s Senate How-to-Vote cards. All the parties preferenced are right-wing and either mildly critical of vaccine mandates, or rabidly anti-vax. The Liberal Democrats get the best slot, followed by either Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, Australian Christians, or the Informed Medical Options Party. One Nation is number 4 across the board, followed by the Australian Federation and Australian Values Parties respectively. Curiously, no HTV card was provided for the ACT and NT.
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2014 (VIC) — 2013

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Legalise Cannabis Party

May 9, 2022 / / 6 Comments

Summary

Website: legalisecannabis.org.au
Social Media: Facebook
Previous Names: Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party
Slogans: Reduce Harm, Create Jobs and Save Money
Themes:
Electorates: Upper House: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
Lower House: Longman
Preferences: This party is having no truck with How to Vote nonsense. Its official card advises people to put the Legalise Cannabis Party 1 above the line, and then to select at least six parties of their own choice.
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2013

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The Greens

May 6, 2022 / / 13 Comments

Summary

Website: greens.org.au
Social Media: Facebook — Twitter — YouTube — Instagram
Slogans: The Time Is Now
Themes: Socially progressive, economically left wing, pro-environment. Urgent need for climate action.
Electorates: Upper House: All states
Lower House: Many electorates
Preferences: The preferences of the Greens are fairly unsurprising: a grab bag of other left-leaning parties with the ALP bringing up the rear. In between them, there’s the Victorian Socialists, the Animal Justice Party, Legalise Cannabis Australia and Reason, in that order. It’s not hard to look at that list and wonder if this isn’t organised in increasing order of electabililty, trying to ensure that the preference travels as little distance down as it has to.
Previous Reviews: 2019 — 2018 (VIC) — 2014 (VIC) — 2013 — 2010 — all these are on Cate Speaks

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