WA

Sovereign citizens who believe the Constitution is invalid, personal income tax is illegal, and that flouride is banned in international law. The not-particularly-well-grounded monarchist mirror image of the Citizens Party. Their founder has now been referred to the police three times for running for parliament while an undischarged bankrupt.

Seem to have missed Jesus' message of love and tolerance. On a mission to reverse WA's decision to "abolish women". If you've ever thought about becoming a tradwife, this is the party for you.

A venerable crackpot party that's been saying odd things since 1988, though they seem far less conspiracy-minded than they used to be. Imagine someone wearing a tinfoit hat in a suit talking about the Glass-Steagall Act. They want to abolish oligarchical things like the big 4 banks, AUKUS, the monarchy, ColesWorth and private energy companies. Keen on turning Australia Post into a people's bank. Climate change conspiracy theorists. Want a royal comission into the COVID-19 response. Have a strong policy focus on, of all things, banking reform.

General far-right populist sludge with racism included. The 'Trump' in the name isn't an accident - policies are copy-pasted from the US, including a 'Department of Govt Efficiency'. The only positive thing that you can say about them is that Clive Palmer might solve the legacy Australian media's budget crisis through sheer weight of unrestricted campaign ad spending. This time, when his own party coudn't get registered, he joined and took over another micro party.

An odd mix of progressive policies and anti-immigration dogwhistling. Progressive parties are like cake recipes - if you want them to rise you have to add ingredients that make sense. A bunch of leftish flavour on evidence-based decision making, environment, housing, but unfortunately they've thrown in a big cup of fairly rancid immigration policies. Had to get rid of their Tasmanian candidate for being a transphobe, because they only have room for one kind of prejudice thank you very much.

After a series of existential crises, what's left of the Democrats now style themselves as a broadly progressive party, with policies on promoting women's leadership, reducing ocean plastic, and evidence-based governance. They held a bunch of senate seats between 1977 and 2007, at which point they lost them all in a game of cards by supporting John Howard. Since then they've tried to make several comebacks, much the same way someone might pull the starter cord of a motor out of fuel. Will they sputter to life this time? *shakes magic 8 ball* Don't count on it.

Libertarianism is supposed to be about having a small government with the individual having more control over their personal lives. So their policy of selling off the ABC and SBS, privatising schools, and relaxing gun laws makes perfect sense. Their opposition to people transitioning to a different gender on the other hand makes them look like conservative hypocrites who just want to pay less tax. Renamed themselves from the Liberal Democrats to align themselves better with their new stronger antivax positions.

Gerrard Rennick "resigned" from the liberals in 2024 over his controversial views on Vaccines, Russia and climate change denial. It's really saying something when you're considered too extreme on these things for the QLD LNP. Most stated policies on the website are standard right of centre stuff like tax cuts, which is notable for the fact that the liberal party forgot to put some of it in its platform. Would probably be right at home in the current White House.

Either the smallest major party or the largest minor party, depending on your viewpoint. During the last term of parliament they've fought for renters, refugees, and endangered stingrays*. How much have they achieved? Good question, but either way they're definitely not getting paid for it, as none of those groups have disposable income and/or pockets.
*Technically it's a skate, not a ray, and if you knew that already you're probably a greens voter.

Accidentally put its entire campaign platform in the "name of party" box when it registered with the AEC. A voltron-like combination of the Secular, Pirate, Science, Climate Change Justice and Vote Planet parties, it has a grab bag of centre-left and left-libertarian policies.

Keen to hijack any vaguely left wing political movement with their signs, this perpetually hopeful makeshift revolutionary party formed from your local university socialist study group is determined to enact the glorious Marxist-Leninist future - if only they could convince the rest of the country that it wasn't going to end in bread lines.

It's Labor. You know, the ones currently in power. Love talking about Medicare. Represent the interests of workers and their trade unions, except the CFMEU union which can just stand in the corner and think about what it did for a while.

Still a bunch of racists, but now more broadly right-wing populist. Deny climate change, anti-LGBT, anti-abortion, anti-immigration, etc etc. In a major twist, Pauline Hanson's daughter is running in Tasmania - where you're considered to be an immigrant if you weren't born there.

Single issue party that does what it says on the tin. Jeremy Buckingham, their NSW MP, was kicked out of the Greens for sexual harassment and joined after stumbling on the party while "googling how to grow really massive dope plants" (yes that is an actual quote).

The only party to mandate that all candidates must be vegan, after a massive controversy in which a former AJP MP was seen eating fish once in a Sydney sushi restaurant. They're campaigning for animal welfare, afforable housing, animal welfare, fairer taxation, and animal welfare. They're even proposing the introduction of Veticare, which is like Medicare, but for pets and wildlife. Luckily our marsupials have pockets so they can carry their Veticare card.

Fatima Payman's new party, has a mix of vaguely left populist policies. Completely unrelated to the Voice referendum but happy to co-opt the name. Party members enjoy a conscience vote on every policy so what they'll actually vote for is anyone's guess.

You know who these guys are. The Liberal Party was founded to oppose the labour movement and socialism, and to champion the ideas of liberalism such as relying on individual freedoms to make a better society for everyone. These days they typically promote harsher jail sentencing for youth offenders and making trips across the country to appear at billionaire iron ore magnate birthday parties. Much irony.

Longing for the 1950s, the Nationals are economically socialist but socially conservative. Known for sending drunk beetroots into Parliament, the Nationals act as the political system's comic relief. Famous for causing Parliament's "Bonk Ban" on sexual liasons between staffers and MPs.