You can view our question list for all candidates here.
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#1 on the ticket for the Australian Democrats in South Australia, Jeannie Walker, responded :
“What are your thoughts on asylum seekers? See our policy at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Refugees_Asylum_Seekers_AP.pdf
What are your thoughts on public transport? See our policy on Peak Oil at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Peak_Oil_AP.pdf
What are your thoughts on renewable energy? See our policy at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Nuclear%20Energy%20&%20Waste%20action%20plan.pdf
Do you support or oppose the introduction of the R18+ rating
classification for video games? Yes, as you will be aware from the SA state election
Do you support or oppose the proposed internet filter? See our dedicated website at www.nointernetcensorship.com
Do you support or oppose gay marriage? Absolutely and beyond a doubt! Natasha Stott Despoja introduced legislation to parliament on many occasions for GLBTI rights and we were the first party to do so.
What are your thoughts on abortion? Actively ‘Pro Choice’ as evidenced during the SA election campaign and opposition to www.abortsa candidate. See more on our policy at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Sexual_Repro_Health_AP.pdf
Do you support or oppose the legalisation of volutary euthanasia? We are the strongest supporters of Voluntary Euthanasia. Our policy is at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Humane_Choices_Dying_AP.pdf
What are your thoughts on stem cells research? We have no current balloted policy on this issue.
What are your thoughts on education? Our policy is at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Schools_AP.pdf
What are your thoughts on campaign finance disclosure? Our comprehensive policy on disclosure can be viewed at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Accountability_AP.pdf
What are your thoughts on climate change? We held the first pulic Climate Change conference in Australia in 1987 and have lead the way since then. Our plan of action for Climate Change is at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Climate_ChangeAP.pdf
What are your thoughts on water? Our water policy is at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Urban_Water_AP.pdf
Do you support or oppose standing order 50? From which organisation? Most have standing orders.
Are there any local issues you are trying to highlight with your campaign? Animal welfare and taking away the powers of the RSPCA and giving them to the police has been an issue we have taken up during the campaign. Our Animal Welfare policy is at http://www.democrats.org.au/policies/Action2010/Animal_Welfare_AP.pdf
Though group voting tickets have not been submitted yet, do you have an
idea on where your preferences will be going? They have now been submitted”
“Do you support or oppose standing order 50? From which organisation? Most have standing orders.”
This is fair enough. The question wasn’t explicitly asking about the Senate standing orders. Jeannie, you can view standing order 50 here.
For everyone else, you can view the SA Australian Democrats preferences here.
Jeannie, providing links to policy, particularly to PDFs, doesn’t make it terribly easy for people to get the information needed.
PDFs are great, mind, but do really need to be used appropriately.
Sure, I can copypasta those links you posted, but what part of ‘you can use HTML tags’ eludes you people? You can’t even a link. Like hell I’m going to trust you with teh internets.
oo-er, I just did myself a mischief. should read “you can’t even [a href] a link”. Tech savvy fail.
We can use html tags the same as you can copy-paste. It’s a choice /shrug
Also, there was a deliberate choice made here because we asked for answers and got links. The amount of effort put into the response correlates to the effort put into posting.
Sure, I can spend 10 minutes editing html because the Democrats are too lazy to answer the questions.
Like hell I’m going to trust them with the parliaments.
/Works both ways.
Chris and David: the previous comment was perhaps a bit ambiguous, but directed at what I thought was a pretty half arsed reply from the candidate. Half-arsedness which was made much worse by horrible formatting.
I think we’re all making roughly the same point on this – this is a fairly weak response from the Democrats, and poorly executed. After that chap from the NT they’re not doing themselves any favours here.
I really wish they would put in more effort than this… because they do have good policies, but yeah certainly; half-assed and insulting replies aren’t what anyone wants to see.