So many Parties

Yeah, before I go on I just have to say something. I am talking about politics in this post so when I say party I do not mean dance parties or birthday parties. No, I mean political parties. Did you know that Australia has fifty-four political parties? I mean, come on there are just so much yet still no clear options to vote for. I am just so grateful that I am only registered to vote and not yet old enough to actually vote. It really is a blessing. The following is a list of the fifty-four parties so yeah, let's have a look at what some people have come up with. This is only part one of a new series coming out every second day. This post will contain twelve parties so there will be more in two days.

Source: http://auspolitics.tumblr.com/

The following list is from the Australian Electoral Commission Website which has the complete list accurate as of the 9th of August 2013 when it was last updated. Here is the link: http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registered_parties/

The Animal Justice Party stands for Animal rights and the banning of live exports.

The Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated is not a very interesting one with a horrible website. All I managed to glean from this site was their core values of Identity, Independence and Freedom.

The Australian Christians is a self-explanatory one that believes in joining the politics with religion and one without the other is not desirable. (Again, I am no expert so check Xavier's awesome current affairs blog for better and more reliable information).

The Australian Democrats is a very interesting party in terms of their website which is full of colloquialism and the first thing you see as soon as you open the site is a quote from the party founder which reads "Keep the bastards honest". Need I say more?

Australian First Nations Political Party does not actually have a website but rather a Facebook Page which I am not going to search through so instead I turn to Wikipedia. They focus on indigenous Australian sovereignty and Northern Territory statehood. Refer to Xavier's blog for better information.

Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party are pretty laid back and has a site with parts left unfilled and can be seen as using a theme as there are parts that tell them what to write there but there is no writing. Editing is vital. I am not too sure what they really stand for though there are a lot of references to fishing so probably more focused on the related legislation.

The Australian Greens is the party that is more well-known and is pretty much an environmentalist party with a few other policies on the side.

Australian Independents believe in a better democracy where anyone who wants to run for parliament can easily do so to get their voice heard. They are very critical of the current democracy in place.

The Australian Labor Party is the current party in power and, along with the liberal party (see below), are the main two contenders for Parliament although neither is a very good option at the moment.

Source: http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ha/polley/polley.htm

The Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party is pretty self-explanatory party set up in response to legislation "inflicting on their lifestyle".

The Australian Protectionist Party with protectionist and nationalist parties. They aim to "protect, preserve and defend our identity, heritage and freedoms".

Australian Sex Party is one that is turning a few heads and is actually pretty interesting. Their policies include (but are not limited to) the legalisation (and heavy taxation) of marijuana, same-sex marriage, the legalisation of euthanasia and the abolishment of tax exemptions for religious groups.

So as you can see there is a lot of political parties and in two days come back for some more, see you tomorrow!