Independents: South West Region

The last region is South West. We have an interesting mix of candidates with some experience at running here, though none that I would elect. Let's go.

John Banks & Phillip Spencer

( What they're for )

Yasmin Bartlett & Karen Perttula

( What they're for )

George Seth & Noel Avery

( What they're for )

Dave Schumacher
https://www.facebook.com/daveforsouthwest/

( What he's for )

Bob Burdett
https://www.facebook.com/bob.burdett.754

( What he's for )

WA Election Roundup - Complete!

So! Polling is open!

I've reviewed all the independents in the Legislative Council by region:

• Agricultural Region
• East Metropolitan Region
• Mining and Pastoral Region
• North Metropolitan Region
• South Metropolitan Region
• South West Region

Please take a look at your region. I cannot in good faith recommend voting for any of these people, but there are some fascinating characters contained in here (as well as a whole pack of fake independents).

I've also reviewed all the minor and micro parties, leaving out only Labor, Liberal and the Nationals (as I presume you have your own opinion on their policies). After having read many, many election platforms over the past month and a half, I've roughly come up with an order of parties that I feel confident about (taking that I'm a pretty leftie sort who's overly fond of impossible microparties):

• Socialist Alliance
• The Greens
• LEGALISE CANNABIS WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY
• Australian Labor Party
• Animal Justice Party
• SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA PARTY - STOP OVERDEVELOPMENT / CORRUPTION
• Liberal Party
• National Party of Australia
• WESTERN AUSTRALIA PARTY
• Daylight Saving Party
• The Flux Party / Liberals for Climate
• Various Independents
• Australian Christians (WA)
• Health Australia Party
• Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
• WAxit
• Liberal Democratic Party
• NO MANDATORY VACCINATION PARTY
• Pauline Hanson's One Nation
• Great Australian Party

The vast majority of the independents I would insert where I've listed them on this ballot. There is very little to recommend most of them. Parminder Singh in Agricultural and Michael Tucak in North Metropolitan are worth a second look, in my opinion, but otherwise you're pretty safe just listing the lot of them somewhere below all of the major and large minor parties.