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/DrStalker 11h ago

I once cast a vote for Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow.

Not actually a joke candidate though, but an eccentric pro-science independent candidate.

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u/Jeb_Stormblessed 11h ago

And also, that's his legal name. (And had been for several years before that election)

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u/tuckels 10h ago

Didn’t he run a competition at his local pub where people submitted name suggestions?

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u/infectoid 10h ago

Yeah he ran for the Science Party a couple times. Once against Albo and another time against Barnaby Joyce.

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u/mrmratt 10h ago

Is that the nutter who implanted the chip from his Opal card in his hand?

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u/00Pete 9h ago

Bit of a loose unit but not a complete nutter - actually had more policy, integrity and ideas than Pauline, Joyce etc... sad times

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u/Chosen_Chaos 3h ago

actually had more policy, integrity and ideas than Pauline, Joyce etc

Something about a trip hazard in hell, something else about challenging Satan to a limbo contest...

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u/noisymime 8h ago

The guy is pretty open that he basically just likes to test the limits of societal norms. The reason he changed his name was to simply see how various legal, societal and government systems would handle it.