The first of the new parties this time round, Australia's Voice is one of the family of sitting member of parliament leaving the party they were elected with and starting their own party. In this instance Australia's Voice has been formed by former Labor senator Fatima Payman who split from Labor over their handling of the Gaza situation.
Policy wise Australia's Voice is a bit to the left of Labor, which isn't surprising based on where Fatima stood within the Labor Party, The policy page is a bit light, but does include limiting negative gearing and lower the Capital Gains Tax discount (which I'm for even though this is my first election as a property owner), taxing mining companies more, and a more proactive stance on Gaza.
Party structure wise Fatima has a lot of control over the party having final say on all policies and candidates. This isn't unusual for parties set up around a single person, but does limit the development of the party as a self sustaining entity.
Australia's Voice has five candidates (one for the senate in each state except for Tasmania), and I guess they'll end up somewhere between the Greens and Labor on my ballot.
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