Australian Election: Optics, Football Analogies and Biscuit-Related Crime

On episode 306, Katie, Nick and Lottie discuss the Australian federal election and how they’ll be voting. We cover: our love of politics being put to the test, Glutton versus Albo, the Greens under Bandt compared to Di Natale and some of the micro-parties. How Lottie is voting: House of reps - Wills 1. Sue Bolton - Socialist Alliance 2. Samantha Ratnam - Greens 3. Owen Miller - Fusion 4. Margee Glover - Legalise Cannabis 5. Peter Khalil - Labor 6. Jeff Kidney - Liberals 7. Rachel Versteegen - Libertarian 8. Bruce Stevens - One Nation Victorian Senate (top six, see our website linked to below for the full list) 1. Animal Justice Party (AJP's animal and environment related policies are very comprehensive, their other policies less so but they say they stand for justice and compassion. I think having one animal-focussed Senator would be positive) 2. Victorian Socialists 3. Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia (seems like some of their policies are still underdeveloped but overall they are for First Nations self determination and everything that comes with that) 4. The Greens 5. Heena Sinha Cheung (detailed policies to fix housing crisis, tackle climate change and support abuse victims) 6. Australia's Voice (axvoter think they look good but still finding their feet) How Nick is voting: House of reps – Melbourne 1: BANDT, Adam – THE GREENS 2: HUANG, Helen – FUSION | PLANET RESCUE | WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION | INNOVATION 3: WITTY, Sarah – AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY 4: KOUTOUFIDES, Anthony – INDEPENDENT 5: HUNT, Steph – LIBERAL 6: SMITH, Tim – INDEPENDENT 7: CASEY, Melanie – PAULINE HANSON'S ONE NATION Victorian Senate (for those just doing top 6) 1. The Greens 2. Victorian Socialists 3. Animal Justice Party 4. Australian Democrats 5. Labor 6. LNP For more in-depth show notes, including Lottie’s full rankings for the Victorian Senate, plus links with information on the micro-parties etc, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2025/04/30/306/ If you’d like to support our show, we appreciate any ratings/reviews on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or whatever app you listen to our show on – thanks! Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR: https://pixabay.com/users/itswatr-12344345/ Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio: https://pixabay.com/users/leonellcassio-2264996/ Both of the above songs are free to use with credit.