Australians think of ourselves as laid-back larrikins, but the major parties have made it nigh impossible for an Australian equivalent to Count Binface to emerge. That’s despite a long history in Australia of joke parties, like the Sun Ripened Warm Tomatoes Party, the Surprise Party and the Deadly Serious Party.

  • Nath@aussie.zone
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    10 days ago

    If you register a party and get people to vote for you, you’re a part of the democratic process. There are several parties who have what I think of as extreme views.