Australian Sex Party emerges as new political force!

THE Australian Sex Party has emerged as a potentially potent force in Victoria.

The party outpolled several more prominent minor parties and came within about 10,000 votes of Family First for the Senate in Victoria.

And in the Northern Territory, it managed to secure more than 5 per cent of the vote in one Senate position, qualifying for more than $3700 in taxpayer funds.

Once a party or candidate secures 4 per cent of first preferences, they are paid $2.31 for every vote they receive.

While the Sex Party gained 2.2 per cent of the Senate first preferences in Victoria, the DLP managed roughly the same. Despite this, the Victorian DLP has been vying for the last Senate spot.

The Sex Party secured a total of 54,744 first preference votes in the Senate in Victoria, compared with One Nation's 8804 and the Australian Democrats on 11,774.

Sex Party candidate Fiona Patten said the support was encouraging and they would be back for the state election.

Sex Party policies include R and X ratings for computer games, an end to internet filters, a national sex education curriculum to prevent "the sexualisation of children", and sexual dysfunction drugs to be put on the PBS.

Source: herladsun.com.au