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Support your Independent Candidates Between now and on and after 21 August
In response to requests from a number of people and sources I have compiled and set out below a full list of
contact details for all of the independent candidates for every Australian (House of Representatives) electorate
that is fortunate to have an independent candidate.
I have done this to meet many requests for this information after, a few days ago, I wrote to my fellow
consitutents of Lalor informing them of our options to vote independent of the 2 major political parties at general
Federal House of Representatives and half Senate elections on 21 August 2010.
I urged you to get involved between now and on 21 August 2010. Support your independent political candidates
– if you are lucky enough to have one (or some). For example by handing out how to vote cards or as an
election count scrutineer.
Remember, not one of these independents gets taxpayer funds to fund their campaigns. Under our cushy 2-
party written electoral laws (which by the way are almost certainly unconstitutional and illegal) only the Lab(or)-
machine party and the Lib(eral)-machine party get their hands on taxpayers monies for campaign purposes.
Each of these independent candidates have actually had to pay a specially candidates tax (quaintly, under those
same cushy and illegal electoral laws, quaintly called a “deposit”) for exercising their fundamental civic and
political and constitutional right to stand for the Australian Parliament.
I, and others, will be challenging the illegalities and unconstitutionalities of the 2010 Australian election in the
very near future. At the very least I, and others, will be exposing the (many) illegal actions likely to be used by
the Australian Government to stop these illegal electoral laws and practices, these blights on democracy, from
In the meantime, and this week, I urge every Australian to get involved in our democratic process, by supporting
independent political candidates. To this end I reproduce (with suitable tailoring) my letter to my fellow
constitutents of Lalor, making my suggestions generic for all (most) House of Representatives Electorates
where one or more independent candidates are standing.
FOI
I wrote a few days ago to the Australian Electoral Commission, sending the AEC a Freedom of Information
Request for copies of documents lodged by all Australians who sought to nominate themselves either for the
House of Representatives or the (half) Senate election being held on 21 August 2010.
My FOI request is a follow up to my (unanswered) letter to the AEC of 31 July 2010 requesting an explanation
how comes, when the Lists of House of Representatives Candidates for the 2010 Federal Election was
published on the official Government website www.aec.gov.au shortly after 9 pm on Friday evening my name
was missing from the list of Candidates for the electorate of Lalor (Vic).
With my usual attention to detail, I filed my AEC Form 60 nomination as an independent candidate for Lalor on
27 July 2010, and more than 40 hours before the 11:59:59 am deadline on Thursday 29 July 2010. So the
Australian Government (specifically, the Australian Electoral Commission) has a great deal of explaining to give,
as to why they left me off the ballot papers for Lalor.
There are a lot of imbalances and oddities associated with our unique Australian, kangaroo democratic process.
Australia is a 'first rate country run by second rate people' as Emeritus Professor Donald Horne wrote in the first
Australian written best-seller 'The Lucky Country' in 1964. And as the 2010 election campaign (and the Gillard-
Rudd coup d'etat) have embarrasingly demonstrated to us and to the world.
There are lots of Australian government electoral laws and practices (Labor and Liberal made and adored by
them and their Australian Electoral Commission). I and others will be submitting many of these un-democratic
and (anti-democratic) illegal laws, rules and procedures before the High Court of Australia in the near future.
Burma announced two days ago that its first general election for 20 years will be held in November 2010.
Burma refuses to let human rights dissidents (such as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) stand as political candidates.
It seems the Australian Government (a Duocracy) operates just like Burma's Government (a Monocracy) Burma
happens to be a monocracy, a military junta and not a cosy 2-party lawyer junta as the Australian Government
seems to be. (Lawyers represent only 0.001% of the Australian population, but account for 99.9% of all
parliamentary, judicial and head public service positions. (When I was a boy, a mere 35 years ago I recall that
more than 50% of judges, hearing more than 50% of court cases were not lawyers – they were Justices of the
Peace – with deep roots as part of the communities that they sat in judgement for and over). How far and how
fast has the lawyers duocracy come? (Try to name 6 out of more than 200 ALP and Liberal politicians who are
not lawyers? See the problem for the 22 million non-lawyer population of Australia?
(Via its Australian Electoral Commission) the Australian Government has behaved just like the Burmese
Government, illegally blocking independent candidates, by enacting and operating illegal laws, laws that violate
the Australian Constitution, violate binding international human rights laws, violate divine laws and violate
natural justice (which according to UK, USA and Australia's Highest Courts is the source of all laws).
We saw a small example of this 10 days ago in the unprecedented and extraordinary Full High Court of
Australia judgment (without reasons) handed down at midday on 6 August 2010 in Rowe & Anor v Australian
Electoral Commissioner & Anor. Such cases normally take 2 ½ years. This one was Judged in as little as 2 ½
weeks. Curiouser and Curiouser.
How and why did this case get up in such an unprecedented and extraordinary hurry?
And who were the faceless men and women that were really behind it? True patriots? Fighters for democracy?
Really?
Like the reveal-all title to American (global) TV's “real” Judge, Judge Judy (Sheindlin)'s first book “Don't pee on
my leg and tell me its raining”.
It seems that in Australia, like Burma, the Government (via its Australian Electoral Commission) manipulates
voter roles, candidate nominations and even electoral boundaries (more on this third, intergenerational, scam,
later).
I suspect that, when the Australian Government complies with my Freedom of Information Request I will
discover that I am not the only Australian political activist that the Australian Government illegally refused to
allow to stand for political election this Saturday (21 August 2010). I recognise that what should be a 2 ½ week
process (see above) may be a 2 ½ year process (see above). I recognise that this FOI process may require
another unprecedented and extraordinary Full High Court judgment ordering the Australian Electoral
Commission to comply with the Australian Constitution and with Australian privacy and transparency and “first
amendment” laws.
As a top-tier commercial, government, and constitutional human rights lawyer of 20 years good standing, I am
more than up for the challenges. And I am blessed to be young enough to see my efforts and the efforts of
others bearing the fruits of our labours in 3 or 4 decades from now.
The immediate outcome for the people of the Federal Electorate of Lalor is that there will almost certainly be a
By-Election for Lalor in 2011. I recognise that this may require another unprecedented and extraordinary Full
High Court judgment declaring the 21 August 2010 ballot for Lalor as invalid and ordering the Australian
Electoral Commission to call a fresh By-Election.
By-Elections like the upcoming 2011 Lalor By-Election have been called many times during Australia's turbulent
century of unique, kangaroo democracy. Usually this is due to misconduct or mistakes by one or more of the
candidates. Rarely has a By-Election occurred because of misconduct or mistakes by the Government (its
Australian Electoral Commission).
It will be interesting to see how many other legitimate political candidates have been illegally blocked by the
Australian Government (its Australian Electoral Commission) for the national poll on 21 August 2010. If a
pattern emerges from my FOI investigations, we may well see a series of By-Elections across this once great
nation during 2011. I will keep my supporters and followers updated on developments.
As with my letters to Lalor Electorate of 31 July and 14 August 2010, for now I urge that the Australian
Government's Burmese Ban on my nomination for the 21 August 2010 general election not be a cause for lack
of morale.
Things always have a way of working out for the best. And even the grimmest of crisis (which, by the way, this
isn't) carry the seeds for the greatest opportunities.
I encourage the people of Australia to investigate and to support one or more of the “AEC approved“
independent candidates standing in their Electorate, where you are lucky enough to have one, or in some seats
even several, independents standing.
I attach a comprehensive listing of all independent candidates for the House of Representatives, including their
email, phone and postal contact details where these have been disclosed by the Australian Electoral
Commission.
Nor do independent candidates have lots (generations of accumulated) of paid and unpaid staffers and
followers to hand out how to vote cards at the polling booths or to sit as scrutineers and observe the counting of
each and every ballot paper (at least 3 different times) by Australian Electoral Commission full-time and co-
opted (univ student) employees.
No, all Australians are not equal under our lawyers v the people laws. And not all Australian political candidates
are equal under our lawyers (name 6 out of 200 liberal or labor politicians who are not lawyers) v the people
electoral laws and practices (including taxpayer funding for candidates).
Become a “How to Vote Card” Volunteer or a Voting Count Scrutineer for your Independent Candidate(s)
The ideal number of how to vote card handlers for a candidate is 5 people for every voting place in the
electorate for the whole of the Saturday 21 August day's voting.
So becoming a scrutineer and/or handing out how to vote cards for independent candidates is a great way to
get politically and civilly active, to meet new people who deserve respect for the civic minds and interest in
public affairs and the future of this once great country of ours – regardless of whether they support the
TweedleDee's or TweedleDum's or one of the minor parties, or are people of open and independent minds).
All Political Candidates, independents as well as those “endorsed” (owned?) by the two major and the four
minor senate parties are forbidden by law (its a crime, actually under our untested and probably illegal election
laws) from being at or near a place where voting occurs, except one time only for the very specific and brief
purposes of lodging their own personal vote.
I can't see the constitutional, international, divine or natural justice reasons or support for this prohibition on
normal civil liberties of movement and association. But even if it is mindless (another great Australian political
tradition shared in common by the Lib(eral)-machine and the Lab(or)-machine of the past 3 decades) these
electoral laws, are applied and observed irrespective of whether they are actually legitimate or are illegal laws.
Clearly these illegal (?) laws operate as a much bigger discrimination against independent political candidates
who are under resourced and under “personned” compared to the (lab)or-machine and lib(eral) machines of our
TweedleDee TweedleDum Duocratic Government. And unlike 30 years ago, take a great big bow if you can tell
me which machine is Dee and which one is Dum these days.
Seize the initiative and contact one or all of your local Independent Candidates via the contact details in the
attached list. Contact them by phone and, or, by email.
I assume each independent intends to steer their voters' final preferences to the Liberal Party endorsed
(? owned?) candidate rather than the Labor Party manufactured Chair Lady Mao Tse Mack the Knife
Macbeth candidate. Otherwise, why would they bother standing? Ask them. If this is correct, offer to hand out
their how to vote cards and to scrutineer for them on 21 August 2010.
Remember each of these independent candidates paid a $500 deposit (a quaint name for an illegal tax on
democracy). And each of them collected 50+ signatures from Lalor registered voters (another unconstitutional
quantitative non-price barrier to democracy) in less than 3 days after the election date was announced (more
illegal Government electoral process) in order to get Australian Government (It's Australian Electoral
Commission) to accept their nominations, under the Australian Governments unconstitutional electoral laws and
rules. So each of them (including the anti-racist campaigner sporting the full Klu Klux Klan evening dinner wear
at the Werribee Railway Station), each of them deserve respect, fair hearing and fair support from us in the
electorate. Much more than the Dees and the Dums do.
It is important to remember that a “protest vote” to the Australian Greens will end up on a two-party
preferred basis as a vote for the TweedleDums (ie incumbent Julia Gillard).
Best wishes
JAMES JOHNSON
VICTORIA
Deakin: SEVILOGLOU, Abraham Independent Businessman PO Box 4029 BURWOOD EAST VIC 3151
Mobile: 0403 551 945 Email: abraham4houseofreps@y7mail.com
Indi : LAPPIN, Alan Independent Farmer PO Box 1234 WANGARATTA PRIVATE BOXES VIC 3676
Email: bigal2canberra@optusnet.com.au
Lalor:
AUSSIE-STONE, Marc Independent Regional Tourism DeveloperPo Box 185 Strawberry hill NSW 2012
RUDD, Van Visual Artist Mobile: 0430 397 074 Email: van.rudd1@gmail.com (nephew of Kevin Rudd MHR)
SHAW, Brian William Independent Farmer P O Box 800 WERRIBEE VIC 3030
Phone (work): 03 9394 1116 Mobile: 0457 457 979 Email: election2010@elijahschallenge.net
McMillan: GATT, Leigh Samuel Independent Sign writer PO Box 186 NEWBOROUGH VIC 3825
Scullin:
O'BRIEN, Robert Independent Security Guard 266 Halliwells Rd ALLANSFORD VIC 3277
Mobile: 0400 651 326 Email: independent4wannon@netspace.net.au
RAINSFORD, Katrina Independent Veterinarian/Farmer 256 Melville Forest Rd BULART VIC 3314
Mobile: 0429 741 256 Email: kate@KatrinaRainsford.com
Berowa: GALLAGHER, Mick Independent Relief Teacher Mobile: 0418 112 675 Email:
mick_gallagher@bigpond.com
Blaxland:
BALL, David Daniel Independent Unemployed teacher 14/168 Sandal Cres CARRAMAR NSW 2163 Phone
(home): 02 8730 8850 Phone (work): 02 8730 8850 Email: ddbanddtt@hotmail.com
CHARAF, Abdul Independent Student Phone (home): 0420 979 993 Phone (work): 0420 979 993 Mobile:
0420 979 993 Email: abdul.charaf@live.com.au
Calare:
BLANCH, Paul Independent Farmer & Lawyer 2109 Trunkey Rd GEORGES PLAINS NSW 2795
Phone (work): 02 6331 5108 Mobile: 0419 007 002 Email: allawahcorp@ozemail.com.au
ROMANO, Karen Independent Retired 104 Lysterfield Rd ORANGE NSW 2800 Phone (home): 02 6365 3593
Phone (work): 02 6365 3593 Mobile: 0418 448 746 Email: karen.romano@bigpond.com
OSS, Macgregor Independent Festival Organizer Phone (home): 02 6353 1638 Phone (work): 02 6353 1638
Mobile: 0457 194 742 Email: ironfest@lisp.com.au
Charlton: BARRY, Patrick Independent Full Time Carer Mobile: 0419 163 939
Cook: STRANG, Graeme Independent Restorer PO Box 167 PENSHURST NSW 2222 Phone (home): 0404
284 472 Phone (work): 0404 284 472 Mobile: 0404 284 472
Eden-Monaro:
FRAGIACOMO, Frank Independent Traffic Contoller1 Cassidy St QUEANBEYAN WEST NSW 2620 Phone
(home): 0404 546 768 Phone (work): 0404 546 768 Email: frankfragiacomo@yahoo.com
BUCKLEY, Ray Independent Self Employed Mobile: 0407 170 577 Email: raybuckley2010@gmail.com
Farrer: BURGE, Louise Independent Agriculture PO Box 642 DENILIQUIN NSW 2710
Mobile: 0428 984 570 Email: prairie@deni.net.au
Macquarie:
BELL, Amy Independent Mother Phone (work): 0432 928 014 Mobile: 0432 928 014 Email:
macquarie.independent@gmail.com
New England: WINDSOR, Tony [previous member] IndependentMember of Parliament Cintra South St
WERRIS CREEK NSW 2341Phone (home): 02 6768 7239 Phone (work): 02 6761 3080 Mobile: 0427 668 868
Email: Tony.Windsor.MP@aph.gov.au
Page:
SUMMERVILLE, Merle Desley Independent Client Service Officer "Hiddenvale" 157 Beech Tree Rd
SEXTONVILLE NSW 2470Phone (home): 02 6667 1131 Mobile: 0427 671 131 Email:
nmsummer@harboursat.com.au
BEHN, Doug Independent Motor Mechanic 12 Flame St EVANS HEAD NSW 2473
Phone (home): 0412 123 421 Phone (work): 02 6682 5399 Mobile: 0412 123 421 Email:
dbehn@nnsw.quik.com.au
CLEMENTS, John Independent political lobbyist & frmg cntrt PO Box 175 WEE WAA NSW 2388 Phone
(home): 02 6795 3216 Phone (work): 02 6795 3216 Mobile: 0428 896 554 Email: chats@optusnet.com.au
Parramatta: PATEL, Kalpesh Independent Sales Consultant Phone (home): 0430 243 300 Phone (work): 0430
243 300 Mobile: 0430 243 300 Email: zeenukalpesh@yahoo.com
Richmond:
FAULKNER, Nic Independent Research Consultant 39 Fingal St BRUNSWICK HEADS NSW 2483 Mobile:
0488 404 882 Email: nicolas.faulkner@bigpond.com
BOYD, Julie Independent Educational Consultant PO Box 66 HASTINGS POINT NSW 2489
Phone (home): 0414 868 854 Mobile: 0414 868 854 Email: jboydelection@gmail.com
HEGEDUS, Stephen M Independent Lawyer PO Box 2253 BYRON BAY NSW 2481 Phone (work): 0428 665
955 Mobile: 0428 665 955 Email: smhegedus@gmail.com
Riverina: HOGG, Matthew Independent Barrister PO Box 6073 WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650
Phone (work): 13 0000 0464 Mobile: 0416 202 806 Email: matthewhogg@ozemail.com.au
Robertson:
BATTEN, Melissa Independent Home Duties Small Business2A Auburn St POINT FREDERICK NSW 2250
Phone (home): 0423 411 757 Mobile: 0423 411 757 Email: battluv@optusnet.com.au
MEARES, Michelle Independent Web Developer PO Box 3204 ERINA NSW 2250 Phone (home): 0439 645
372 Phone (work): 0439 645 372 Mobile: 0439 645 372 Email: michelle@michellemeares.com
Sydney: WARD, Jane Independent Co-Ordinator Mobile: 0432 975 596 Email: janeyanawd@yahoo.com.au
Watson: SHARMA, Mark Independent not employed Mobile: 0433 555 381
SHEIL, Pat Independent Journalist Phone (home): 0409 037 485 Phone (work): 0409 037 485 Mobile: 0409
037 485 Email: tubspat@gmail.com
UNCAN, Malcolm Bruce Independent Barrister PO Box 1284 POTTS POINT NSW 1335 Mobile: 0415 495
214 Email: duncanmalcolmb@gmail.com
QUEENSLAND
Blair: KING, Brad Independent Fencing Contractor Phone (home): 0429 051 639 Phone (work): 0429 051
639 Mobile: 0429 051 639 Email: brking@skymesh.com.au
Capricornia:
MOWEN, Bevan Independent Pensioner 310 Pine Mountain Rd BONDOOLA QLD 4702
Mobile: 0435 863 834
GULEY, Shane Melvyn Independent Leading Hand Fitter/Operator C/o Rolleston Post Office
ROLLESTON QLD 4702 Phone (home): 07 4934 6258 Phone (work): 0429 066 410 Mobile: 0409 482 364
Flinn SCOTT, Duncan Independent Dairy Farmer PO Box 50 WOWAN QLD 4702 Phone (home): 07 4937
1070 Phone (work): 07 4937 1070 Mobile: 0427 038 032 Email: daisy@cqnet.com.au
Groom: JEANNERET, Rod Independent Design Assessor 30 High Street WYREEMA QLD 4352
Phone (home): 07 4696 2804 Phone (work): 07 4614 0599 Mobile: 0414 844 549
Email: econowise_products@yahoo.com.au
D'OLIVEIRA, Cy IndependentOld Age Pensioner Phone (home): 07 4125 5527 Phone (work): 07 4125 5527
WONE, Adrian Independent Retired 76 Gavin St BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Phone (work): 07 4153 1529
Mobile: 0450 225 235 Email: a.wone@bigpond.com
Kennedy: KATTER, Bob [previous member] IndependentMember of Parliament PO Box 191 CHARTERS
TOWERS QLD 4820 Phone (work): 07 4061 6066 Email: bobkatter@gmail.com
Leichardt:
SACKLEY, Jen Independent Director 8 Bosanko St MANUNDA QLD 4870 Phone (home): 07 4041 6998
Phone (work): 13 0081 8280 Mobile: 0438 517 213 Email: jen@jensackley.com.au
BATZKE, Yodie Independent Small Business Owner Phone (home): 0424 776 179 Phone (work): 0424 776
179 Mobile: 0424 776 179 Email: ybindependent@gmail.com
LANE, Steve Independent Air Refueler 94 Cassowary St FRESHWATER QLD 4870 Phone (home): 07 4055
2249 Phone (work): 07 4080 7377 Mobile: 0427 245 077 Email: steve@stevelaneonline.com
Longman:
FOX, Bob Independent Installation Contractor PO Box 202 NARANGBA QLD 4504
Phone (work): 0418 291 370 Mobile: 0418 291 370 Email: newpartynewhope@gmail.com
REECE, John Raymond Independent Single Father Mobile: 0421 875 161 Email: john-reece@live.com
Maranoa: REECE, John Raymond Independent Single Father Mobile: 0421 875 161
Email: john-reece@live.com
Ryan: JOHNSON, Michael [previous member] IndependentFederal Member of Parliament PO Box 704
INDOOROOPILLY QLD 4068 Phone (home): 0409 726 473 Phone (work): 07 3378 1599
Mobile: 0409 726 473 Email: michael.johnson.mp@aph.gov.au
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
O'Conner:
STOKES, Geoffrey Independent Pastor PO Box 561 KALGOORLIE WA 6433 Phone (work): 0407 378 602
Mobile: 0407 378 602
MITHSON, Neil Ramsay Independent Town Planner PO Box 5377 ALBANY POST OFFICE BOXES 5000
MITHSON WA 6332 Phone (home): 0419 556 444 Phone (work): 08 9842 9841 Mobile: 0428 556 444
Email: smithson@smithsonplanning.com.au
Stirling: RE, Elizabeth Independent Environmental Health Inspector 23 Hakea Rd WOODLANDS WA 6018
Phone (home): 0419 913 988 Phone (work): 08 9446 7136 Mobile: 0419 913 988
Email: lizre@bigpond.net.au
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
MAYO: SPRAGG, Bill Independent TAFE Lecturer PO Box 374 MONTACUTE SA 5134
Phone (home): 08 8390 2324 Mobile: 0403 261 186 Email: candidate@billspragg.id.au
TASMANIA
Lingiari:
FINTER, Deirdre Independent Community Manager PMB 86 ALICE SPRINGS PRIVATE BAGS NT 0872
Email: deirdrefinter@gmail.com
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