My breakdown of Queensland Senate Parties (by ballot order)
Disclaimer: I lean left and have a fairly large anti-authoritarian streak. YMMV.
Australian Cyclists Party - What it says on the tin. This literally seems to be the only thing they care about. I have some questions about how "active" this party actually is , since they've failed to put up their preference distribution on their website despite saying they would have 4 weeks ago.
Arts party - What it says on the Tin. Seems to be generally left of Labor. Not likely to be on your top 10 if you strongly feel the current Copyright system has problems of the far too long type, since they strongly support it.
Secular Party of Australia - Commits the cardinal sin of having a broken webpage that makes it hard for me to read. Strongly recommend preferencing last. Seems to be more anti-religion than neutral to faith and lack their of. Want to portray themselves as left - libertarians actually seem to be the left of the Labor party on almost everything (not that that's a particularly daunting task).
ALP - If you're reading this thread I suspect you know.
Liberal Democrats - Libertarians (in the US sense).
Online Direct Democracy - (Empowering the People!) - Party based on using online tools to get everyone to vote on everything.
LNP - If you're reading this thread I suspect you know.
Animal Justice Party - You know all those environmentalist wacko things you hear about the Greens ? That's actually these guys.
Katter's Australian Party - Nationals++
Marriage Equality (aka Australian Equality Party) - LGBTIQ single issue party.
Mature Australia - Seniors Party. Seems to lean left. (I guess that makes sense. Since otherwise they'd probably stick to the Liberals. )
Nick Xenophon Team - Eclectic. Seem to largely be disaffected classical liberals but with a somewhat populist streak.
Pirate Party Australia - Copyright and Intellectual Property Reform single issue party (in a close to the burn it to the ground sense). Otherwise can only be said not to lean left on account it's more of a crabwalk when you're bent over that far. Definitely has an anti-authoritarian streak.
Australian Liberty Alliance - Non-indicative name alert. Your standard hard right Christian nutjobs with a focus on being anti-Islam. Have all the other expected stances too but are smarter about hiding them than usual for parties of this stripe.
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party - Derryn Hinch would like to use parliamentary privilege to avoid a variety of laws designed to protect offenders who have served their time. Wouldn't you like to help him ? Also we're not tough enough on crime.
Citizens Electoral Council - Non-indicative name alert. These people are mad. No, really. Even a brief look at their page gives you a variety of left and right wing conspiracy theories and it looks like it belongs on Geocities.
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers - Your standard right wing pro-gun anti-environmentalist party. More Pro-Gun than anti-environmental in practice once elected but the platform reads the other way.
Unnamed Group Ticket (Group R) - Can't find any actual information on this tickets positions. So *shrug*
Democratic Labor Party - A historical preservation of The Labor Right circa 1950.
Family First - Non-indicative name alert. Anti-LGBT Christian hard right nutjobs. (Poorly) Pretends to be a secular Anti-LGBT party.
Renewable Energy Party - What it says on the tin. Single Issue Party.
Australian Sex Party / Marijuana (HEMP) Party - Running a joint ticket in Queensland. The former is definitely socially liberal and seems unwilling to take a consistent position on economics (has been described as Libertarians in bikinis). The latter seem to just be (actually socially left) Libertarians with a single issue attached.
VOTEFLUX.ORG | Upgrade Democracy! - Same idea as Online Direct Democracy - (Empowering the People!) . Probably only running as separate tickets to try and play Senate Roulette.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation - Anti-Aboriginal Xenophobes. Otherwise basically Nationals.
Rise Up Australia Party - Non-indicative name alert. Anti-Foreigner Xenophobes. Otherwise close to being actual Neo-Nazis.
Socialist Equality Party - Pretty much what it says on the tin. Actual Socialists in the classical sense (ie they reject all non-class struggles as unnecessary division of the working class).
Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) - Yet another group of Anti-LGBT+ hard right religious nutjobs. This time openly so.
Palmer United Party - If you're voting in Queensland I'm sure you already know. Also - LOL , this may be the most rapid implosion of a political party in Australian history.
Glenn Lazarus Team - Seems to be trying to stake out a centrist position. Is actually to the left of Labor in some ways (definitive support for marriage equality). Thanks to the Double Dissolution is actually almost certain to get re-elected.
Jacqui Lambie Network - Is not likely to do anything much in Queensland (considering she's in a nail biter for a seat in Tasmania). Is playing the Ordinary Australian Card. Seems to be a right leaning populist. Web site is badly designed and fills me with rage.
Australian Progressives - What it says on the tin. Another party of the Left.
Australian Christians - Result of Christian Democratic Party Schism. Seems to be practically identical.
Drug Law Reform - Single Issue party concerning Drug Law Reform to treat drugs as a health issue rather than a criminal issue.
Health Australia Party - Non-indicative name alert. Alternative medicine wackjobs. (Also fluoride is imperiling our precious bodily fluids).
Country Minded - A modern reimagining of the Nationals. Still Socialism for Farmers/Graziers/And the necessary communities and Fuck You Neo-Liberalism Everyone Else but less Bought and Paid for by Fossil Fuel Industry.
Veterans Party - Party focused on taking care of returned service people / police / and others in situations that may cause physical and mental health issues. Claims to have detailed policy positions in other areas but don't seem to be available at the moment. Judging by the How to Vote card available, they'd be on the Left side of the spectrum (and the brief policies on the HTV card certainly are).
The Greens - I'm pretty sure you know if you're reading this thread.
Sustainable Australia - Sustainable Population Party (ie Anti-Immigration) Trying to stake out a centrist position on everything else. Somewhat unusual in modern parties in that it's anti-immigration generally but not against taking in refugees and asylum seekers.
And then a whole bunch of Independents who I have negative ability in trying to find out the positions of. It'd probably be an excellent idea if the AEC gave parties / candidates the option to provide a link to a website and/or a policy position document for themselves with their application that would be included.
