THE Australian Sex Party candidate for the federal Gellibrand seat hopes voters will look past the party’s name and look at its range of policies when they head to the polls on September 7.
Allan Cashion, a Maidstone student studying business and communication at Victoria University, said people were often surprised to find how many views they shared with the party on the issues of same sex marriage, voluntary euthanasia and drug law reform.
“I’ve been involved with the party for about two or three years now. I got involved because I was interested in politics, but I was feeling a bit disenchanted with the major parties.”
At 19, Mr Cashion is likely to be the youngest candidate in the race for Gellibrand.
He encourages young people to enrol to vote and explore the policies of each party before casting a vote.
“I’m letting people know they have an option other than the main parties. I feel they are falling down on civil liberties – same sex marriage is the big one.
‘‘Another is drug law reform. At the moment we have people going into jail whereas we would rather have people in rehab.”
Other confirmed Gellibrand candidates include Tim Watts (Labor), David McConnell (Liberals), Rod Swift (Greens), Dwayne Singleton (Palmer United Party), John Green (independent) and Anthony O’Neill (Australian Christian Party).
