Election Candidate Surveys

Candidates for Northern Victoria / VIC Legislative Council Election 2006


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Scoring Key

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Candidate scores

BG = Ballot Group / BP = Ballot Position / = previously sitting member / = personal response / = party response
BG BP Candidate Party Q1Q2Q3Q4Q5Q6Q7Q8Q9Q10 Total
A1ALDEN, JenniferThe Greens----------0
A2BALY, JonThe Greens----------0
A3O'CONNOR, JennyThe Greens----------0
B1HULLS, NathanFamily First10101010101010101010100
B2CORBOY, Mary LouFamily First10101010101010101010100
B3VALENTINE, Nathanael JohnFamily First10101010101010101010100
B4LEACH, HelenFamily First10101010101010101010100
C1SEYMOUR, PhilChristian Democratic Party10101010101077101094
C2McDONALD, EwanChristian Democratic Party10101010101010101010100
D1DRUM, DamianThe Nationals10101010107210101089
D2McASEY, RachelThe Nationals10101010107210101089
D3SCHOLZ, JustinThe Nationals10101010107110101088
D4MITCHELL, RobertThe Nationals10101010107210101089
D5O'SULLIVAN, BrianThe Nationals10101010107210101089
E1de PIERI, StefanoIndependent----------0
E2HEALY, HelenIndependent----------0
E3BROWN, GeoffIndependent----------0
E4ROCCA, JoeIndependent----------0
E5FETTLING, NeilIndependent----------0
F1LEE, DannyIndependent----------0
F2GOODWIN, FredIndependent----------0
G1ALLEN, DenisePeople Power----------0
G2BACHMANN, PhilPeople Power----------0
H1WHELAN, LaurieIndependent----------0
H2O'BRIEN, PeterIndependent----------0
I1ROBINSON, AndrewDemocratic Labour Party101010101010510101095
I2McCORMACK, PaulDemocratic Labour Party101010101010510101095
I3LANE, SharonDemocratic Labour Party101010101010510101095
J1BROAD, CandyAustralian Labor Party773223332739
J2DARVENIZA, KayeAustralian Labor Party773223332739
J3LEWIS, MargAustralian Labor Party773223332739
J4DOBSON, BradAustralian Labor Party773223332739
J5BYRON, JamieAustralian Labor Party773223332739
K1LOVELL, WendyLiberal Party105710553571067
K2PETROVICH, DonnaLiberal Party105710553571067
K3LITHGOW, JohnLiberal Party105710553571067
K4DEVEREUX, ZieLiberal Party105710553571067
K5GILLIES SMITH, MichaelLiberal Party105710553571067

Questionnaire

1. Prayers in parliament

The tradition of Christian prayers in parliament is part of our Australian heritage - reminding MPs, like all other people, that they are imperfect and need guidance. This tradition recognises the 68% of Australians who identified themselves as adherents of Christian faith in the 2001 Census. Opening parliamentary proceedings with prayer is an appropriate expression of government responsibility to its electorate.

Do you support the current practice of opening each day of parliament with Christian prayers?

2. Civil unions

Evidence abounds that marriage is more beneficial to society than cohabitation. Marriages are more stable and the children of married parents perform better educationally and socially, have lower involvement in drug-taking and crime and hence develop into more productive adults. The special status of marriage should therefore be protected by rejecting any elevation of other relationships, such as de facto relationships or homosexual relationships, to a similar legal status.

Would you vote against any bill that provides for the creation of civil unions?

3. Preference for marriage

Overwhelming research evidence shows that children develop best with a mother and a father committed to each other and to their children. The rate of child abuse is much higher in single-parent households. The children in same-sex blended families achieve poorer results at school than children of married couples. Thus the interests of children are best served by restricting their care to married couples wherever possible.

Would you support moves to allow married couples to be preferred for child care roles, eg adoption, fostering or assisted reproductive technology?

4. Charter of Rights

Senior Victorian lawyers have condemned the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms Act 2006 because it would lead to costly expansion of the bureaucracy, increased litigation and frivolous court cases, as has occurred in Canada and New Zealand. The Act places interpretation of ?rights? in the hands of libertarian zealots. The Act should be repealed.

Would you vote to repeal the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006?

5. Racial and Religious Tolerance Act

The Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 has been used to punish pastors for teaching about the Koran in a Christian church, thus denying their freedom of speech. The pastors stressed the need to love Muslims, but the Act unjustly deems "intention" to be irrelevant. The Act treats religion as if it were an unchangeable trait like race and requires the Equal Opportunity Commission to assist only the complainant. Laws already exist to punish threats or violence - this law is unjust, unnecessary and should be repealed.

Will you vote to repeal the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001?

6. Abortion

Intentionally killing an unborn baby by abortion is a serious offence in Victoria (Crimes Act 1958) but is allowed under the 1969 Menhennit ruling if deemed necessary to protect a pregnant woman from serious danger to her mental or physical health. Recent moves to decriminalise abortion would allow the deliberate killing of unborn children for any or no reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy.

Would you vote against any bill that would decriminalise abortion in Victoria?

7. Poker Machines

Since poker machines were introduced in Victoria in 1991 without public consultation, pubs and the government have grown richer while small businesses have failed and problem gamblers, broken families, embezzlement and suicide have increased. Advertising bans and other measures have failed to stem the increase in problem gambling: Victorians now lose $2.5 billion each year on the pokies - more than ever before.

Would you support legislation to phase out pokwer machines in Victoria over a ten year period?

8. Sex education

Since sexual abstinence is the prime means of preventing sexual exploitation and reducing sexual diseases, abstinence should be promoted at school. Since marriage remains the best environment for raising children and for the ongoing general health of society, the benefit of this life-long commitment should be explained to young people.

Would you support the teaching in schools of sexual abstinence before marriage and faithfulness within marriage as a most desirable lifestyle?

9. Drugs

Australia has the highest per capita use of illegal drugs in the world, triggering a mental health crisis - since those addicted to marijuana and amphetamines risk becoming mentally ill 3-11 times more than those who do not use drugs. Teen cannabis users can damage their brains irreversibly. The "harm minimisation" policies of the past have failed - they sustain drug users in their habit. Victoria should adopt Sweden's successful harm prevention policies which include mandatory treatment for addicts.

Would you support the replacement of the current ?harm minimisation? policy on illegal drugs with rigorous enforcement of a "harm prevention" policy including mandatory treatment for addicts?

10. Internet filters

All Victorians, especially children, are entitled to protection from exposure to harmful material ? yet most Victorian libraries have not installed filter software to block pornographic and violent websites. The federal Labor Opposition supports mandatory Internet filtering ? this should be a bipartisan policy for all parliaments.

Would you support legislation requiring the installation of filter software on all Victorian library computers to block access to violent and pornographic websites?
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