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A new political party for new times : Comments

By Peter Pyke, published 16/7/2010

The advent of the Republican Democrats means there could be a third mainstream political force in Australia.

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Hi to Everyone

Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting).

Request for Candidates and/or Volunteers.

The forthcoming Federal Election will be held on Saturday, 21 August 2010. The Election is one of the few avenues where we can show the major political parties that family law issues are important.

Would you consider either?

1. Providing a donation to the Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)’s election fund (donations are tax deductible up to $1,500.00).

2. Running as a candidate for the Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)? A candidate’s election costs are tax deductible. (You only need to be an Australian citizen. However you cannot be an employee of the Commonwealth Government at the time of the Election).
or
3. Giving out “how-to-vote” cards on the day of the Election. Our target is to run, at least, two (2) candidates for the Senate in the each of the six (6) States and the two (2) Territories. We also aim to run candidates for the House of Representatives.

If you wish to run as a candidate, we would have to ask you to pay your own deposit ($1,000.00 for the Senate and $500.00 for the House of Representatives). We may be able to help out with printing costs.

Please note that the closing date for nomination of candidates is 12 Noon Thursday, 29 July 2010 (Note: routine AEC paperwork has to be also signed by either the Party Secretary or Deputy Registered Officer beforehand.)

The key elction dates are:

Announcement: Saturday, 17 July 2010.

Issue of writ: Monday, 19 July 2010.

Close of nominations: 12 noon Thursday, 29 July 2010.

Declaration of nominations: 12 noon Friday, 30 July 2010.

Election day: Saturday, 21 August 2010.

Your assistance and support would be appreciated.

John Flanagan,
Deputy Registered Officer
Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting),
PO Box 57,
THIRROUL. NSW. 2515.
Mobile no. 0415 899 574
ncpp@xisle.info
19 July 2010.
Posted by John E Flanagan, Monday, 19 July 2010 2:41:15 PM
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Not remotely impressed at all with this very rubbish party indeed.
The policy page is naught but a shallow promo page on many policies, going towards some outright moronic concepts that show they considerably miss the point of many an issue- it spends more time sloganeering and barely ANY time actually outlining proposals.
In short- Agree with everyone here.

For me, this party symbolizes everything I would have avoided the late Democrats party over- but minus anything good. Not to mention dodgy.
Thanks, but I'll stick with the Greens and Independents that correspond to myself (and I imagine, a lot more people than this pathetic mob would, on a policy and mentality basis).
Posted by King Hazza, Monday, 19 July 2010 3:19:56 PM
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I read the article.

I looked through the web site.

I remain convinced that this is a joke.

A hoax.

From the party's name onwards, it smells like last week's fish supper.

Republican Democrats, indeed. Hah!

Then there is the cheesy "meeting in a taxi". The amazing "shared common ground on many issues". The specious overseas reference - "the recent electoral success of the Liberal Democrats in the UK - where they won the balance of power"

Hello, cluestick: the Lib/Dems lost seats, for goodness' sake. The fact that they hold the balance of power is a total accident.

An accident. As in "Senator Fielding".

There are also the policies, with their hand--knitted slogans, and all the substance - and sickly-sweet taste - of fairy floss.

If it is in fact a serious attempt at launching a new political party, it makes a laughing-stock of our country's pretensions to intellectual and political maturity.

C'mon, admit that you're having us on.

Life's too short.
Posted by Pericles, Monday, 19 July 2010 5:05:19 PM
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On another note Klaas of the label 'centrist' these parties keep using.

What exactly IS a 'centrist'?
It's a definition that seems to change between person to person- and accordingly, such claims made by political parties are naught but lazy attempts to pretend they're suitable for everyone.
Posted by King Hazza, Monday, 19 July 2010 11:03:12 PM
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Re: Centrist

The term centrist almost always refers to being somewhere in the middle of the capitalist to collectivist (or private enterprise vs public enterprise) continuum. It has therefore usually an economic connotation only. With the rise of the middle class and the gentrification of the ALP both major parties have become "centrist", at least there is an enormous overlap. For a new party to state that they are "centrist" is therefore rather meaningless if they want to set themselves apart from the major parties. There are certainly ways to set themselves apart from the major parties and that would have to be in the areas of governance systems, electoral, constitutional, replacing federation and the Republic. But to talk about a Minimalist Republic (only change the Head of State), as most Republicans do, I find find equally meaningless. There is much to be improved in Australia that the major parties just don't want to touch. Surely that what a new party has to concentrate on if it wants to make an impact.
Posted by klaas, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 8:34:18 AM
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Indeed I agree Klaas; though I would personally rank the two major parties as far-right on both the economic scale (with a high record of privatization and avoidance of any proposal that involves public ownership), and social/legal stratification of political rights. Their 'centrist' stance is rather ironic as the only clear things that set them apart from far-right neocons in the US are mostly already-existing egalitarian medical and workplace standards which they simply did not risk touching (or got voted out before they did try to touch it).

And spot on about the new party doing a bad job of setting itself apart with the 'centrist' point. Also agree with your points about the republic (both of which highlight an unusual paradox of trying to sell minuscule change in the hopes that people who actually do want change and the people that don't will both, somehow, be happy about a proposal that goes against both their wishes. It just rubs off as lazy marketing by people who don't really care to investigate what people actually want and why.
Posted by King Hazza, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 10:46:48 AM
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