The Fusion Party, or to use their more unwieldy full name FUSION | Planet Rescue | Whistleblower Protection | Innovation, is a progressive party with a reasonable mix of policies. The policies are a nice mix of progressive priorities including action on climate change, more investment in education and research, and a good balance on civil right.
It does worry me a little that this hybrid party made by multiple small parties still can't muster enough candidates on their own. Their lead Queensland candidate is listed as a dual candidate with Democracy First, which isn't a party, but I guess is an organisation with aspirations to partyhood, as their website lists some policies. Democracy First's policies are mainly about limiting peoples ability to work in government in any role, and I really don't like the way they want to do this. They want all elected representatives and public service staff to have at least 10 years non-government experience before being able to get the role, and for public servants limit their time in service to 10 years. I really don't like this for public servants as limiting people to only 10 years in the public service means they can't build a career in public service, and also means a frequent turnover in roles that are potentially very niche and don't have large pools of candidates with suitable experience in the private sector, which means a regular loss of institutional knowledge which is one of the public service's strengths.
This association, along with their use of AI generated art, has made me lower the Fusion Party on my list of preferences, but they'll still come ahead of the two majors.
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