Wednesday, May 04, 2022

Monique Ryan vs Josh Frydenberg's how to vote cards in Kooyong

How to vote cards are a window into candidate leanings and possible political deals.

Monique Ryan, the community independent candidate for Kooyong, has published the How to Vote instructions below.


  • The order of candidates shown is the order on the ballot that voters will use
  • Monique Ryan asks people to vote 1 for her
  • Then voters select other candidates according to THEIR choice (values alignment, policies etc.)
  • This is the best for democracy.
Josh Frydenberg is the incumbent Liberal member of parliament for Kooyong.

His How to Vote is below, with annotations.




Frydenberg has directed preferences to the following candidates:
  • 2. Liberal Democrats (right wing)
  • 3. Derryn Hinch (Justice) - centrist
  • 4. UAP (Clive Palmer, right wing)
  • 5. Australian Values Party (right wing)
  • 6. Dummy candidate for Frydenberg (fake independent)
  • 7. Animal justice
  • 8. One Nation (Pauline Hanson, right wing)
Ahead of the following progressive candidate and community independent Monique Ryan:
  • 9. Peter Lynch (Labor, progressive)
  • 10. Piers Mitcham (Greens, progressive)
  • 11 Monique Ryan (Independent)
This indicates possible preference deals between the Liberals, Justice, Liberal Democrats, UAP, AVP and possibly One Nation.

Frydenberg's preferences will not be distributed but they do indicate his political leanings to the right.

When voting:

Make sure you number EVERY square 1 to 11 to ensure your vote is valid.

There will be two ballot papers - House of Reps (green, 11 candidates) and Senate (big, white).


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