Ben is joined by Ben Moffitt from Monash University to discuss the role of right-wing minor parties in federal politics, why it is so hard for them to work together, and chances in the Senate. We also discuss the seat of Hunter in New South Wales.
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Hi Ben, interesting pod particularly as I am the Legalise Cannabis Party candidate for Hunter. I believe the only one born and bred in the sothern part of the division, Lake Macquarie.
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Cheers
Andrew
Thanks Andrew!
I’ll add your name to the candidate list when I do my next regular update next Monday.
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I always find the Libertarians an interesting bunch. They are a hard party to pin down to a firm set of beliefs. As a progressive I can support a few things they say and other things are just too wacky for me. I just think that they are too broad a church that will never live comfortably together within a party structure. But I can see them being attractive enough for such a broad number of people to give then a vote, without ever getting to become a significant minor party.
I found this discussion interesting https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/libertarianism/102960722
It’s important to note that One Nation is further to the right than its voter base, especially on social issues. This is why it’s hard to compare them to the Republican Party in the US given their voter base actually believes in socially conservative policies due to the influence of religion, which is less of a factor in Australia.
With regards to nominations of candidates all over the country, what about amending the Commonwealth Constitution to require Senate and House of Representatives candidates to be a resident in the State of candidacy?
Ben – are you also doing a role of LEFT-wing minor parties in federal politics?
We’re doing a bunch of episodes, I’m planning to talk about the Greens, the teals, the muslim independents.
My own political views have veered sharply towards classical liberalism and right-libertarianism in recent times, but I view the Libertarian Party with some suspicion.
They recently released their platform for the election and their section on “Women & Children” suggests that they’re too invested in fighting culture wars and that there’s a strong social conservative undercurrent in the party.
I also found it odd that the page for the lead Senate candidate for Queensland discusses in quite some detail the candidate’s experience in the public sector working on initiatives that I would have thought most libertarians would consider government overreach. I noticed something similar at the recent Queensland state election. Michael Pucci ran for Jordan district as the Libertarian candidate, and his page recounted what he “delivered” when he was a LNP MP – mostly government spending I wouldn’t expect libertarians to view fondly.
I’d love to vote for the libertarians, to be honest, but as a trans person I don’t know why they can’t just shut their mouths about me and actually put forward libertarian policies. At least the Ayn Rand freaks are actually libertarians.
Is that true NP? I though ON were further right than their voter base on economics but were attracted by social issues?
@Nicolas and Bryce, the problem with the Libertarian Party is that their party platform doesn’t translate to the much of their politicians and even their base. A lot of them who join are social conservatives who just wants to belong in a party (as they have no discipline on views) rather than just an independent politician even if they disagree on their stance on gay rights. That is why they are nothing like the Libertarian Party of USA.
@NP and MLV, One Nation bases tends to be those believing in conspiracy theories (for example Pauline Hanson’s Pro-Israel stance isn’t actually well liked ironically by her base),
@NP regarding the USA, Conspiracy Theories is common on the large proportion in the States which gets creeped into American GOP with examples being fully Vaccination rates which USA is 70% (compared to Australia 92%) and 40% of Americans and 78% of Republicans support Trump’s pardon on J6 Rioters (this would be fringe positions in any other Western Country).
This wasn’t really a good episode, because you two don’t understand right wing thinking. It devolved into just bashing them. You both said some puzzling things, like that anti-crime is authoritarian? obviously never heard of the NAP or the night watchman state. Liberals care about reducing immigration so those that care about that can still vote for them… laughable.