A political party focused on the Australian arts scene has reached an ambitious crowdfunding goal of $35,000, which will go to helping its 10 candidates campaign for the upcoming election.
According to the organisation’s Pozible page, the Arts Party exists to encourage “a more create, cultural, educated and prosperous life for every Australian” with a targeted approach to arts policy.
They’re hoping to get one million votes for the arts at the federal election this July and set up a Pozible crowdfunding campaign that has since surpassed their initial goal, raising $42,806.
“This is going to be a tight election. A million votes will be something no political party can ignore. Whichever one wins doesn’t matter, because we can all win,” they write on their campaign page.
“By supporting this campaign, then together, we can change the future of Australia. This is the only campaign on Pozible that offers that as an outcome!”
“We currently have 10 candidates to stand, with more to announce if we get enough funding,” they add. “Each senate candidate is $2,000 to register and each lower house candidate is $1,000.”
“We need at least two senate candidates in any state or territory to be an above the line voting option. Then of course there’s the campaigning.”
“We’ve got different campaign strategies for both the upper and lower house candidates and while we run a tight and effective ship, frankly the more money we raise the better in both situations.”
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“As I said, $35,000 will put us on voting slips across the country, and everything beyond that will be paying for signs, flyers, advertising, online promo and most important of all, volunteers across the country come election day.”
“Ideally, we’d like people performing at polling booths across the country, but artists and performers absolutely need to be paid! It’s central in our policy!”
The Arts Party have outlined their policies on their official website including a one-pager for their music industry policy, including mandatory musical education in schools and the APRA tax offset.
