Federal Election 2025: Be an Informed and Strategic Voter
🗓 Election Date: Saturday, 3 May 2025
🗓 Candidate Nominations Have Closed
📝 At-a-Glance Summary: Your 60-Second Voter Checklist
✔️ When is the election?
🗳️ Saturday, 3 May 2025
✔️ How should I vote?
Use preferential voting — vote below the line in the House of Representative and Senate for complete control of preferences.
✔️ Why does this election matter?
It’s your chance to:
• Push back against corporate influence.
• Elect candidates who support public health, housing, climate action, and peace
• Support economic policies rooted in Australia’s currency sovereignty.
✔️ What can I do right now?
• Research candidates via TheyVoteForYou.org.au and the AEC.
• Compare policies on housing, healthcare, climate, and transparency.
• Share this guide and talk to your community about the issues.
✔️ What should I look for in a candidate?
✅ Free public hospitals and schools
✅ Investment in public housing and rent caps
✅ Funded climate policy
✅ Anti-militarism and peace-focused foreign policy
✅ Use of public money for the public good
✔️ Not sure whom to vote for?
Use the Candidate Comparison Chart and Candidate Quiz to help make your decision.
✔️ Want change?
Support independents and minor parties that align with your values. Your vote is powerful.
🟢 Let’s create a more just Australia — together.
1. ✅ Why This Election Matters
Australia’s political system is deeply compromised by corporate interests and a lack of transparency. Real change can only occur if voters engage strategically. This election is a powerful opportunity to support candidates who prioritise:
• Social justice
• Environmental sustainability
• Public well-being
• Peace
• Economic policies based on Australia’s currency sovereignty.
Learn more:
• Australia’s Currency Sovereignty
• Creating Money Out of Thin Air (Video)
2. 🔧 What You Can Do Now
1. Share on Facebook
Raise awareness in groups and MP pages:
o How to share without a share button
o List of MPs and their Facebook pages
o Additional sharing groups
2. Share Website Articles
Social Justice Australia Articles
3. Check How Your MP Voted
Visit TheyVoteForYou.org.au to see your MP’s record.
4. 🗳 How to Vote Wisely in the 2025 Federal Election
Learn how to vote smart in 2025. Explore key issues like housing, climate, healthcare, and how to research your candidates.
1. Top Voter Concerns in 2025
• Cost of Living: Wages lag behind food, fuel, and energy costs.
• Housing: Affordability is worsening; public housing is in crisis.
• Climate Emergency: Both major parties fall short on action.
• Healthcare: Public hospitals need full funding and resources.
• Asylum Seekers: Labor upholds harsh offshore detention.
• Foreign Military Presence: Hosting U.S. bases makes Australia a target.
2. Researching Your Candidates
1. Sitting Members: Parliament Voting Records
2. New Candidates: Australian Electoral Commission
3. Dig Deeper: Review their policies and positions on climate, public services, refugees, and currency sovereignty.
3. What to Look For
• Free, fully funded public education and healthcare.
• Rent caps and investment in public housing.
• Funded, ambitious climate action.
• Peace-focused foreign policy.
• Public money is used for the common good.
4. 🔍 New Voter Resources to Make Informed Choices
• Candidate Comparison Charts
• Candidate Quiz
• Voter Checklist
• Ask Candidates Direct Questions
• Accessibility & Early Voting Info
• Post-Election Accountability
• Engage on Social Media
✅Candidate Comparison Charts
Create or link to a side-by-side table showing where candidates stand on:
• Housing, climate, education, public health, militarism, and transparency
✅1. Candidate Comparison Chart Template
You can populate this chart with data from your own electorate or use it as a template on your website for each seat. 
Legend:
✅ = Strong Support | ⚠️ = Limited/Conditional | X = No Support
You can change this based on candidate responses, websites, interviews, or community forums.
✅ Voter Matching Tools
• Vote Compass: Aligns your views with party platforms.
• Candidate Quiz Below: Helps you find candidates who reflect your priorities.
🧠 “Which Candidate Aligns with You?” Quiz
This simple yes/no/maybe/quiz matches voters with a candidate or party.
Instructions for Users:
Answer each question with “Yes,” “No,” or “Maybe.” Tally your scores at the end to see which candidates or parties most align with your values.
Question: Yes, Maybe, No
• Do you support free, fully funded public hospitals and education?
• Should the government invest in large-scale public housing programs?
• Is ambitious, fully funded climate action a priority for you?
• Should Australia avoid foreign military entanglements (e.g. AUKUS)?
• Do you want asylum seekers treated with dignity and compassion?
• Should politicians be accountable to voters, not donors?
• Do you support using Australia’s currency sovereignty to serve society?
• Do you oppose using public money to fund fossil fuel industries?
Scoring Guide
Mostly Yes: You align best with progressive or independent candidates (e.g. Greens, Teals, Socialists, some Independents).
Mostly Maybe: You may need to explore more and check candidate records. Consider community independents.
Mostly No: You may align with conservative or corporate-aligned parties.
✅ Voter Checklist
• Confirm your voter registration.
• Research candidates in your electorate.
• Watch debates or attend local forums.
• Understand how to vote strategically (below-the-line voting).
• Discuss key issues with friends and family.
✅ Local Forums and Community Events
Encourage voters to attend candidate town halls or local events to ask direct questions.
✅ Ask the Candidate’s Direct Questions
Prompt voters to ask:
• “Will you support fully funded public healthcare?”
• “Do you support rent controls and public housing?”
• “Will you invest in climate solutions over military build-up?”
✅ Voter Rights & Accessibility
• How to access postal voting, early voting, and help for those with disabilities.
• Information for voters in remote or rural areas
✅ What If You’re Disillusioned?
Even if you don’t support major parties, you can still:
• Vote for independents or micro-parties aligned with your values.
• Stay involved in grassroots organising and advocacy.
✅ Post-Election Accountability
• Monitor your elected MP’s actions.
• Sign up for updates and follow their voting records.
• Continue advocating for people-first policies.
✅ Engage on Social Media
• Follow candidates and parties.
• Share reliable resources and voter guides.
• Use hashtags to join the conversation: #AusPol2025 #VoteWisely
5. 🧠 Learn to Vote Effectively
• Preferential voting gives you control — vote below the line in the House of Representatives and Senate.
✅Resources for Understanding Preferential Voting:
- Voting Tips Video
- Chickennation Voting Guide
- Strategic Voting Folder
• Use Policy Tracker to compare issues.
• Examine candidates’ Facebook pages and alliances.
6. 🗳️ Prepare Your Ballot
• Senate (Upper House): ClueyVoter.com
• House of Representatives and Senate for Your State, where you can prepare your own sample voting cards to take with you to the polling both: VoteEasy.com.au
7. 🟢 Progressive Parties Worth Considering
These parties support social justice, climate action, and currency sovereignty:
1. Australian Greens
2. Sustainable Australia Party
4. Fusion Party
⚠️ Citizens Party: Strong on sovereignty but denies climate change — proceed cautiously.
Watch: Who’s Afraid of Minority Government?
8. 👥 Worthwhile Independents to Watch
• Teal Independents (View Candidates)
There could be other worthwhile political parties and candidates in your electorate. Research them thoroughly before giving them your valuable vote.
9. 📝 Hold Candidates Accountable
Ask candidates to sign a Commonwealth Statutory Declaration. If they decline, ask why — it’s your right to know.
10. 📉 Coalition Government Track Record
Over 900 instances of mismanagement and corruption:
https://newpolitics.com.au/2020/02/20/a-short-history-of-corruption/
https://www.mdavis.xyz/govlist/
https://chaser.com.au/national/an-exhaustive-list-of-the-liberal-partys-corruptionover-the-last-7-years/
The Guardian: Detention contractor scandal
Paladin scandal
LNP perfected the art of pork-barrelling and dishonesty over a decade.
11. 📣 Raise These Key Issues
• Australia’s complicity in U.S.-led wars
• AUKUS and militarism
• Fossil fuel subsidies
• Housing crisis and lack of public housing
• Asylum seeker treatment
• National Anti-Corruption Commission limitations
12. ✅ Final Message & Call to Action
Don’t waste your vote or vote informally. Make it count by supporting candidates who serve the public, not powerful interests.
Be informed. Be empowered. Vote for justice.
🔗 Visit Social Justice Australia
📣 Share this guide and encourage others to do the same.
📢 Hashtags: #AusPol2025, #VoteWisely, #SocialJustice, #PublicHospitals, #HousingCrisis, #ClimateAction, #MMTAustralia, #HealthcareForAll, #TealIndependents, #Election2025