They caught my attention with the name, but they caught my heart with their political positions.
“The leader of the Australian Sex Party is growing up and launching a new “prudent and pragmatic” political party named Reason to campaign at the next federal election.
“Sex Party leader and Victorian MP Fiona Patten says the new party will draw inspiration from recently elected French president and centrist Emmanuel Macron to seek to capitalise on disaffected voters through a broader sweep of policies.
“Ms Patten, a former sex worker and lobbyist who founded the Sex Party in 2009, had been considering renaming the party since she was elected to the Victorian upper house in 2014, but in the end decided to close it down and launch an entirely new party.”
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