I want to know what they thing about four basic, technically distinct, but polarising issues.
More specifically, I want to know how they'll respond, what they personally stand for, and whether it's likely they'll represent me as I would like to be represented!
I hate politics! It makes me angry!
Both major parties suck, they spend every day in parliament disagreeing with each-other no matter what the topic is - there's no attempt to find a common ground.
I'll state upfront that I find Tony Abbott a scary individual, but I'm thus far quite unimpressed by Labor or the Greens.
The minor parties generally seem to be either 'single topic', quite extreme in their views, and some of the candidates are simply dumb as shit.
I really don't know who to vote for, so I figured I'd start writing to my potential candidates in my electorate, as well as all of the Senate candidates in Queensland.
I'm asking each candidate to give me a simple agree/disagree with the following four policies:
- Hardening up Border Protection Laws
- The Internet Filter
- A Price on Carbon / ETS
- Gay marriage
While these questions are important questions for me, they aren't the most important things.
I picked these topics because they cover a wide range: humanitarian, technological, environmental and gay.
They are also very polarising issues, with often no straight answer (except for the Internet Filter, which is just plain stupid, expensive, simply won't work and will have unintended consequences).
It'll be interesting to see what they've got to say - if they reply at all! (by the time I got around to posting this entry, I've already had quite a few responses).
