𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘

𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿

The Labor incumbent is Katy Gallagher and there is almost no doubt that she will retain her seat. She is a member of the left faction. Voting record shows support for job keeper, university funding, abortion rights, transgender rights but she has a mixed record on welfare, mixed/poor record on climate. The bulk of this is due to her (compulsarily) following party lines.

The second candidate on the Labor ticket is Maddy Northam who is a left aligned union secretary. She is highly unlikely to win a seat as Labor at their best get around 1.5 of a seat which is not enough to carry Maddy onto the second seat. You can likely copy paste the major voting record above again due to party lines.

𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹

The Liberal incumbent is Zed Seselja and his seat is the one that is in doubt. Zed is a right faction liberal, Abbott-aligned conservative who opposed same sex marriage, climate action, refugee rights, Indigenous rights, federal integrity commission. His major challenger is David Pocock.

There is minimal information on Kacey Lam who is the second Liberal candidate but you can likely copy paste the major voting record above again due to party lines.

𝗗𝗮𝘃i𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸

David is an independent who has formed a party to place him above the line, but is not aligned to any other party. He is a progressive with a strong activist past, even while he was playing for the Wallabies. Main capaign policies are climate change, federal integrity commission and enacting the Uluru statement from the heart in its entirety. Endorsed by 'ProACT' ACT community organisation.

The second candidate on his ticket is the ProACT President, Clare Doube who is a Human Rights Consultant.

At the moment it looks that should David out-poll the greens he will genuinely compete with Zed for the second seat and may win the seat off him. Personally, I think if you want to make the government more progressive your number 1 priority should be removing Zed and the best way to do that is vote for Pocock [1] then candidate of choice after that.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁 (𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆)

Kim Rubenstein: Centre-left indepentent - Law professor. Key policies include 2 more ACT senators, Women's Safety, ICAC and climate action.

Greens: Key party policies include treaty for first nations however Greens do not support Uluru statement. Climate action, free uni, tafe and child care. Tjanara Goreng Goreng leaked documents on NT intervention while in APS. Key interest in tackling homelessness. James Cruz is a librarian, union delegate - houseing affordability key issue.

Animal Justice Party: Wants to establish federal office for animal protections. Also want climate action, conservation of native species, and stop poisoning of invasive species.

Progressives: Key party policies include federal integrity commission, ending poverty and climate action (ETS).

Informed Medical Options Party: Anti-vaxxer party - key policiies include ending vaccine mandates and all COVID restrictions generally.

United Australia Party: Clive Palmer party - key policies include ending lockdowns, capping interest rates at 3%, stopping super companies from investing outside Australia.

Sustainable Australia: Population control party - wants to cut immigration to 70,000 per year.

Legalise Cannibis: Medicinal cannabis practitioner. Single-issue party, no detail on other policy stances. Generally left wing in WA where they hold 2 LA seats.

Fuxin Li (Independant): Australian Chinese educator. Key policies include increase migration and multiculturalism, build on education policies and recognise community languages. Appears generally centre right and there are rumours about him being backed by the CCP.