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Extreme candidates, low turnout spark concerns for WA council elections (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] [S] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Be extra sure about the candidates thos year. Just found out one near my area has made himself look very reasonable, with reasonable sounding positioning around transparency in local government. And quite good signage, only to find out down the grapevine this guys an ex-One Nation candidate, so they're out there trying to hide their turd beliefs as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    On a related note, even current members of mainstream parties hide their extreme beliefs. Nazis especially know their ideas aren't popular and won't always blurt them out like the ones in the article. The grapevine is important!

    Example: Louise Black ran in 2024 as a Liberal Party candidate in Kingston Council, Victoria. https://aussie.zone/post/15409047

    A lot of cookers are big on 'freedom' and 'liberty' rhetoric. I'm not against these concepts, and there are many valid complaints about our governments curtailing our liberties, but it's a centre point for many of the anti-vax 'freedom for me, not for thee' Freedom Movement oddballs.

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