Fusion: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency
https://www.fusionparty.org.au/
* The fusion of parties too small to run on their own since the AEC changed
the minimum membership requirement last election (which really pisses me
off). Apparantly they've taken in Australian Progressives and Democracy First
candidates since last time, though those aren't listed as member parties on
their website. Kammy Cordner-Hunt is listed as a Democracy First candidate
on their website:
https://democracyfirst.org.au/vic/
But they're listed for Vote Planet on the FUSION website:
https://www.fusionparty.org.au/kammy_cordnerhunt_vic
The other Victorian senate candidate in/for FUSION is a Pirate party member:
https://www.fusionparty.org.au/simon_gnieslaw_vic
But he talks more about being Jewish than about digital liberties.
* The only change to their policy titles since 2022 is that "Climate Emergency"
has been changed to "Climate Rescue". Here they've expanded on their
environment policy turning it into a list of about every emissions-cutting
scheme you've ever heard of, with high-speed rail thrown in for good measure.
* Few other changes except additions to their social policies for "Recognition
of Australia's First Nations" and "LGBTIQA+ Rights", which I don't much care
for, though they're not that radical on the former at least. Still want to
introduce a Universal Basic Income of at least $500 per week, now with a
link that depressingly shows I'm well under the Henderson Poverty Line
since that's more than I usually make...
* Now a little more forceful on opposing government support for religion,
they now want to "Remove charity status of promotion of religion". Even
though I'm with them on separating church and state, I'm not sure if
that's overreaching a bit. Sure the charity status can be abused, but
taxing honest religious organisations could be rather unfair on their
followers.
* Not much seems to have changed otherwise, so see my datailed notes on them
from the 2022 federal election.
Of the founding Fusion parties the Science Party and the Pirate Party were
the ones I specifically quite liked. It looks like specifically these are the
ones who have become less active now, leaving it as more like a stand-in for
the Greens, for people who have some problem with the Greens. This is quite
frustrating, and it's unclear how motivated they are towards the older policies.
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