| Yes |
|
57.1% | |
| No |
|
7.1% | |
| What are you saying? |
|
0.0% | |
| As long as it did not take up too much time |
|
7.1% | |
| As long as I don't have to pay money |
|
0.0% | |
| Absolutley, I am keen to be elected and get the perks |
|
7.1% | |
| I'd join for the altruisitic reasons |
|
7.1% | |
| What was the question again? |
|
14.3% |
I'm thinking the Australain Seniors Party would be a good place to start.
Single platform parties tend not to get much electoral support.
On the other hand, a pro-active lobby group might be an effective way of frightening the existing chair polishers to take a little more notice of what will become a major voting bloc in the not-too-distant future.
It need not be exclusive to an age group (e.g. bring the other beneficiaries like invalid pensioners into discussions on state benefits) but more a church which includes a wider membership of like minded people.
getup.org.au is currently running a human rights campaign which is general and inclusive.
In the ACT the Labour party has to bed down the Greens to get legislation thru and as a result the Greens get special consideration. The ACT Health system is in meltdown yet the Greens get 19 million for a "carbon footprint shopfront". I think I'd have prefered most of that to go to hospitals & education. The Greens will argue that this is education of the masses to save the planet....