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SENATE VICTORIA Make Your Vote Count SENATE VICTORIA Make your vote count. Number 16 boxes not just 6 You are required to number at least 6 boxes Numbering 16 or more increases the chance The micro-parties in each category are in above the line, but it is much more effective your vote will still be in play when the crucial ballot order, not order of merit. The major to number at least 16. last Victorian seat is decided. parties are to the left of their categories. STRONG POLICIES SOME POSITIVE POLICIES • FAST TRANSITION • BUT SIGNIFICANT WEAKNESSES NUMBER FIRST NUMBER NEXT V M T U X L R Y The Greens Independents Australian Animal Justice Australian Australian Pirate Party Sustainable for Climate Workers Party Party Labor Party Democrats Australia Action Now Support the Support the Main focus is Acknowledge “a Some positive Will “ensure we Mainly focussed Main focus declaration declaration social justice. global emergency policies: net zero contribute as on restoring is stabilising of a climate of a climate “Protecting our requiring emissions by much as possible democracy. Aim population. 100% emergency, net emergency, net environment is immediate and 2050, 45% below … to the global to reduce carbon renewables by zero or negative zero emissions … a matter of substantial 2005 by 2030; reduction of emissions by 2050. Slightly greenhouse by no later than survival”. Support action”. Major 50% renewables greenhouse 50% by 2030, stronger emissions gas emissions 2050, 100% a zero emissions focus is animal by 2030. But gas emissions”. with measures targets than Labor by 2040, 100% renewable by 2030, and justice, including commitment to Support a including a carbon but weaker than renewable energy by 2030, nationalisation a plant-based fossil fuel phase- transition to tax and support Greens. Positive energy by 2030, rapid phase-out of grid, but no diet. Support out unclear. renewables but for renewable but weak policies rapid phase out of fossil fuels. detailed policies. rapid fossil fuels $1.5B for gas provide few energy. on coal and gas. of fossil fuels. phase-out. pipelines. details. FEW OR NO CLIMATE OR ENERGY POLICIES • LIKELY TO SUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION • MAY SUPPORT SOME CLIMATE ACTION CONTINUE NUMBERING CONTINUE NUMBERING C I AD H J O S Z Socialist Derryn Hinch’s Health Climate Action!Help End Secular Party VOTEFLUX.ORG Group Z Equality Party Justice Party Australia Immigration Marijuana of Australia Upgrade Party Action! Prohibition Democracy! Accountable (HEMP) Party Politicians! Main focus No policies, but No climate policy. No policies. A single issue Acknowledge No policies. Few policies. is overthrow Derryn Hinch has Support the Would conduct pro-hemp warming as a Would conduct Vaguely of capitalism. usually voted with development online polls on party with no “dire threat to online polls on supportive Acknowledge Labor on climate of sustainable, legislation to climate policies. global civilisation”, legislation to let of renewable we risk climate and energy. renewable let the people Not allocating but policies are the people decide energy. disaster. Advocate power sources decide. Formerly preferences. weak and lack using a system Preference nationalisation in preference to known as Online Not allocating detail. Support called Issue micro-parties that of high emissions the continued Direct Democracy preferences, but a transition to Based Direct support climate industries, but no expansion of and Senator climate-friendly renewables and Democracy. action. detailed climate fossil fuels. Online. preferencing nuclear power. policies. previously. DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES • LIKELY TO OPPOSE CLIMATE ACTION NO NEED TO NUMBER THESE UNLESS YOU PREFER SOME OVER THE OTHERS A Liberals & Nationals F United Australia Party Q Pauline Hanson’s One AB Australian Conservatives B Republican Party of G Shooters, Fishers and Nation AC The Great Australian Australia (no policies or Farmers W Rise Up Australia Party Party website could be found) K Citizens Electoral Council AA Fraser Anning’s AE Yellow Vest Australia D The Small Business Party N Liberal Democrats Conservative National (previously Australian Party Liberty Alliance) E Christian Democratic P Labour DLP Party (Fred Nile Group) Parties have been evaluated on their party policies, voting records and preferencing. Preferencing is described as Authorised by J. Morton climate-friendly if the parties with positive policies are preferenced above those with weak or negative policies. 12 Auburn Ave Northcote 3070 FIND OUT MORE AT WWW.VOTECLIMATE.NET.AU.
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