Two reasons, first we only came up with the idea a few days before the election was called and we didn’t have the time and resources. We think more importantly, the country will be governed by one of the two main parties, and we felt that is where we should shine our light.
Fair question. The short answer is just a bunch of randos who quite like politics and couldn’t answer some basic questions about our democracy. Specifically, a couple of web developers, an engineer, a project manager and a recruiter.
No. Nope. We’re independent.
We’re self funded and have spent:
*not strictly true, there may have been more than one bottle...
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We’re a bit limited for time and resource for Election 2022. Maybe for the next one…
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This is purely data based (though of course we have our own opinions too). We used the % swing required for the seat to change hands based on the results from the last election.
| Incumbent margin >=6% | Incumbent margin 0 to 6% | |
|---|---|---|
| Incumbent | Safe | Swing |
| Challenger | Challenger | Swing |
We’ve used data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics information for the majority of this data. Feel free to get in touch if you’d like more info
There’s limited info available for new candidates so we concentrated on current MPs and Senators. We used the data available on https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members.
Let's rely on the experts for this one. The Sydney Morning Herald wrote some great articles on this. Check out: