Global Climate Change Action

Via Vote Climate:

http://voteclimate.org.au/FED07-Climateparties-loose-plot

Climate Change Coalition and Conservative for Climate and the Environment have made some interesting preference decisions in relation to their Senate Group Voting Tickets....

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http://voteclimate.org.au/FED07-Climateparties-loose-plot

Senate Preference arrangements in New South Wales, Western Australia & Victoria where a new Party the Conservatives For Climate & Environment that conceals its advocacy for the Nuclear industry behind rhetoric about Carbon Tax, are running a total of six Senate candidates (2 per state)

In NSW An elaborate preference deal appears to have been brokered that engages some strange bedfellows being in order of group:

Group C: Family First, Group D: Pauline's UAP, Group J: (Un-endorsed) Ian R Bryce, Group K: Hear Our Voice, Group L: Senator On Line, Of course N: Conservatives For Climate & Environment, Group Q: The Fishing Party, Group R: The Christian Democrats (Fred Nile Group), Group S: One Nation, Group T: The Non Custodial Parents Party.

There was a Daily Telegraph article that stated that the Australian Democrats (Group M) refused to be part of this axis & that the Climate Change Coalition (Group E) have made only a half hearted attempt to distance itself from this deal by relegating the Conservatives For Climate & Environment to the rear of its preferences.

In Victoria

In many instances the fix is less obvious due to many of the groups giving the occasional preference to red herrings (Parties with no involvement)

There seems to be only Nine Parties involved being:

Group B: One Nation, Group E: Senator On Line, Group K: Family First, Group L : Liberty & Democracy Party, Group M: Conservatives for Climate & Environment, Group N: DLP, Group P: (Un-endorsed) John Perkins, Group R: Non Custodial Parents Party & Group W: Carers

In WA

Again in some cases some of these parties have preferenced the occasional red herring but again strange allegiances emerge.

The Parties involved seem to be:

Group B: Christian Democratic Party, Group D: The Non Custodial Parents Party, Group G : The Australian Democrats, Group H: One Nation WA, Group I: Family First, Group J: Senator On Line, Group K: Carers Alliance, Group M: (Unendorsed) Wynne/ Fitzgerald , Group N: Climate Change Coalition , Group S: Conservatives For Climate & Environment, & Group T: The Liberty & Democracy Party

Conclusion

Parties have draw up their own Group Voting Preferences & are often unaware of allegiances between other parties when they choose their order of preference. You the voter can examine all the parties standing & with more data now available can individually choose better preferences than the Parties Group Voting Ticket by voting below the line in your order of preference.

Fully Preferential Voting gives voters a unique opportunity to register our disapproval by putting a candidate last or near to last

You Can view the Parties Senate Preference Details on the AEC website:

http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/2007/candidates/gvt.ht...

And open the pdf for group voting tickets in each State

You can also search for different candidates websites to view their policies

With hope for peace in our future

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