Australian Christians continue their strong held tradition of wrapping up bigotry in religious freedom while failing to appreciate that the religious freedom they advocate should apply to people with religions other than theirs. Including a statement like "Protect the right of parents to instruct and train their children according to The Bible. " in their section of religious freedom just highlights how they see religious freedom as a privilege for themselves rather than a right for all.
Policy wise there are no real surprises. Anti-abortion, anti marriage equality, transphobic, pro internet censorship. One of the few positives I could find was their support for the Nordic Model which suggests support for more investment in education and social services, but I suspect they'd set these up with moralistic strings attached.
They only have candidates in WA & NSW so I won't have to work out where they'd go on my ballot, but they'd be after the majors and before the truly horrendous.
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