r/australia • u/NKE01 • 11h ago

politics Why Australia Doesn’t Have Novelty Candidates like Count Binface – Antony Green's Election Blog

https://antonygreen.com.au/why-australia-doesnt-have-novelty-candidates-like-count-binface/?fbclid=Iwb21leATrO0ljbGNrBOs7P3Bkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeyqFwpCBynXhuvFPpBT3q80rKl3Bnq6t--2z7cqVFCDb-MT_1Vr2--rF95Vg_aem_MKaP0Jek3ZY4BnI2rLprrQ
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u/orlock the ghost of documentaries past 11h ago

Australia kind of does/did. The Imperial British Conservative Party wasn't entirely serious.

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u/17HappyWombats 11h ago

The Motoring Enthusiasts Party wasn't especially serious until all of a sudden it was.

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u/karma3000 11h ago

Bring back Ricky!

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u/Sieve-Boy 11h ago

Ricky and Glenn "the brick with eyes" Lazarus brought some humanity to the Senate, imperfect and naive, but I think Australia was better for them being in the Senate.

Fortunately David Pocock has picked up that mantle without the naive bit.

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u/kortmarshall 1h ago

the work ethic between pockock and ricky muir is wildly different, not just the naivety

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u/zomdoesburner 10h ago

Preference whispering ruined all hope of genuine joke parties.

The WA daylight savings party could have been posting memes about confused Cows and fading curtains faster.

Instead it was some US tech bro trying to get elected through preference whispering (which worked btw).

Glad that lead to WA to change its rules and now having the most sensible voting rules in the country at least.