The Australian Sex Party and The Basics Rock 'n Roll Party have announced they're getting into bed together for the upcoming Victorian State election.
They have announced a formal preference swap and will celebrate their union with a joint campaign through the streets of Melbourne this Sunday.
The parties will campaign together off the back of a decked-out, six metre flatbed truck this Sunday, 23rd November, with The Basics playing live for the crowds. It's a cheeky hat tip to AC/DC’s famous “It’s A Long Way to the Top” 1975 truck gig along Swanston St.
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The Basics Rock ‘n Roll party candidate for Northern Metro and party organiser, Kris Schroeder, said he wanted to take a progressive message to voters through both their politics and music including the new EP The Lucky Country. “We’re here to cut through the merry-go-round bullshit of the two major parties and stand up for progressive policies that create a more equitable society where culture and dignity is part of everyone’s lives,” he said.
Sex Party president and Northern Metro candidate, Fiona Patten, said that the joint promotion was probably the first time in Victorian politics that two rival parties had agreed to campaign together. “Politics is a divisive and competitive sport but we’re showing the electorate that you can get more votes by being nice to your competitors than you can by slinging mud at them”, she said.
“If the Sex Party or Rock n Roll party doesn’t win that last seat in Northern Metro, Family First will. So we’re all out to make sure the most progressive seat in the parliament stays that way”.
The Sex, Votes and Rock ‘n Roll campaign truck, with the band aboard, will visit Dallas, Coburg, Preston and Northcote venues throughout this Sunday morning, 23rd November, playing and signing how to vote cards for both parties. Details of the locations and times can be found on the Sex Party Victoria and Basics Rock and Roll Facebook pages.
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