Transport Matters
https://www.transportmatters.org.au/
* As a pretty typical single-issue party, they didn't stand out much to me
at the last election, but as it turns out they got a seat in a melbourne
electorate, possibly through preferences deals.
* Their policies touch on a few peripheral topics, but are generally true to
their name. Or at least they are if you only ever expect to be transported
around Melbourne. There's remarkably little interest shown in rural roads
and transport. As someone who almost never goes into Melbourne but has strong
opinions about poor management of major regional road projects, this is very
frustrating.
* They're very big on supporting the taxi industry, fed up as they are with
ride-sharing services cutting into their market without the same level of
regulation.
* They're into renewable energy and electric vehicles.
* They also have a bit of a plan for improving healthcare with a long-term
focus on prevention.
* They've got a strong policy on increased transparancy in government, which
is nice. In particular about publishing more government documents openly.
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It's hard to get past my frustration with a party that's all about transport,
but seems to have forgotten that there are roads outside of Melbourne too!
Outside of transport their policies don't seem to bad, but one can only
presume that they're likely to forget about rural Victoria on points like
healthcare as well.
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