I will be appearing first on the ballot papers, which is kind of cool. Apart from perhaps a slight increase in the amount of primary votes I receive, I don’t expect it to make much of a difference. Nonetheless, it’s a minor win that I’m happy to take. The main benefit that has come from this seems to have been a little bit more media attention: I’ve been speaking to a few more reporters since the ballots were drawn, which is definitely good for me as well as the party.
The ballot order will be as follows:
| 1 | LDP | Daniel | Farmilo |
| 2 | Labor | Justine | Elliot |
| 3 | The Greens | Giovanni | Ebono |
| 4 | Nationals | Sue | Page |
| 5 | Citizens Electoral Council | Graham | McCallum |
| 6 | Democrats | Scott | Sledge |
| 7 | Christian Democratic Party | Barbara Jean | Raymond |
In other news:
Notable pariah and LDP Senate Candidate for Queensland, John Humphreys, has decided to start smoking throughout his campaign “to highlight the need for Australians to throw off the nanny state and reclaim our freedom to choose”. Obviously, the message goes further than just smoking. Not only does our government tell us supposedly responsible adults that we shouldn’t smoke in licensed establishments that are not government owned, it also tells us we may not painlessly end our own lives when we are terminally ill, it tells us we must wear seat belts and crash helmets, it tells us we may not recreationally take drugs, and it tells us we do not automatically have the right to cut down trees on our own property. These frivolous and paternalistic laws nullify the idea of personal responsibility, and in many cases imply that we do not even own our own bodies and property. As we all know, the general trend has been to increase restrictions on victimless crimes in which the participant is risking only themselves. The LDP seeks to reverse this trend, and believes that every individual should be free to make their own choices provided they do not infringe on the rights of others, and are willing to take personal responsibility for their own actions.
Filed under: Policy, The Campaign
