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Geoff Collins Australia (Verified User) Posts 2010 Dogs 291 / Races 30 11 Nov 2018 21:59
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I am standing for the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFFP) in the Upper House in the Western Victorian Region at the State election in 12 days time on November 24th.
I will be representing the SFFP in supporting rural communities and the country way of life against agenda driven, urban based city-centric lawmakers that have no understanding of country living.
In Victoria, the SFFP primarily focus on fielding candidates in the Upper House and currently there are two elected SFFP members while unfortunately there are five Greens.
There are 8 regions in the state and each region will have 5 members elected to the upper house.
The Western Victoria Region goes from Geelong, Lara and Melton through to Ballarat, Maryborough up to Warracknabeal, through to the SA border including Horsham as well as Warrnambool and Portland in the south.
The Victorian branch of the SFFP was only formed 6 weeks prior to the last state election and still managed to get two members elected state wide. This election they will be standing candidates in all eight regions and are obviously looking to increase that number.
They are currently polling at approximately 3.8% across the state, which is more than double the support they had at the last election, so the party is obviously growing in strength.
If you want any more information or want to get on my email list, PM me here on Data. I will only be sending info to Greyhound racing supporters so make sure you let me know who you are
Michael Barry Australia (Verified User) Posts 7402 Dogs 26 / Races 9 11 Nov 2018 22:14
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well done geoff, and good luck with it ,
Kevin Wright Australia (Verified User) Posts 5708 Dogs 1 / Races 1 11 Nov 2018 22:41
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Good Luck Geoff .
Do you need people to man the polling stations ...
Ronald George Hunter Australia (Verified User) Posts 4317 Dogs 0 / Races 0 11 Nov 2018 22:51
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Great stuff Geoff, best of luck mate.
Tony Gallagher Australia (Team Member) Posts 5912 Dogs 12952 / Races 40209 11 Nov 2018 22:55
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Well done Geoff
Jamie Quinlivian Australia (Verified User) Posts 8727 Dogs 10 / Races 0 11 Nov 2018 23:40
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Good luck Geoff. God bless you.
Geoff Collins Australia (Verified User) Posts 2010 Dogs 291 / Races 30 11 Nov 2018 23:42
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Kevin Wright wrote:
Good Luck Geoff . Do you need people to man the polling stations ...
Yes Kev ... I think they will ... the more the merrier ... we have to make this election count for us ... Labour will get in but what we don't want is them forming government with the Greens etc
The early booths have opened already and i drove by one this morning and the Animal Justice Party were set up and handing out pamphlets ... so it's game on
Sandro Bechini Australia (Verified User) Posts 19488 Dogs 15268 / Races 1856 11 Nov 2018 23:44
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Geoff Collins wrote:
Kevin Wright wrote:
Good Luck Geoff . Do you need people to man the polling stations ...
Yes Kev ... I think they will ... the more the merrier ... we have to make this election count for us ... Labour will get in but what we don't want is them forming government with the Greens etc
The early booths have opened already and i drove by one this morning and the Animal Justice Party were set up and handing out pamphlets ... so it's game on
Good luck Fella's
Kevin Wright Australia (Verified User) Posts 5708 Dogs 1 / Races 1 11 Nov 2018 23:53
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Geoff Collins wrote:
Kevin Wright wrote:
Good Luck Geoff . Do you need people to man the polling stations ...
Yes Kev ... I think they will ... the more the merrier ... we have to make this election count for us ... Labour will get in but what we don't want is them forming government with the Greens etc
The early booths have opened already and i drove by one this morning and the Animal Justice Party were set up and handing out pamphlets ... so it's game on
Geoff can you tell us what you need ....
I think between this site and the Blue site we should be able to flood Social Media if needed .....
Geoff Collins Australia (Verified User) Posts 2010 Dogs 291 / Races 30 12 Nov 2018 00:18
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Kevin Wright wrote:
Geoff can you tell us what you need .... I think between this site and the Blue site we should be able to flood Social Media if needed .....
Kev .. it's all about votes ... and we should all be voting SFFP in every seat especially in the upper house
From my perspective it's important to get a high primary number which will then get me far enough up the list to survive the preference deals ... last election the SFFP got 10,028 votes in my region and they had only formed 5 weeks beforehand .. that placed them 7th and they only just missed when preferences were allocated
They had polled 1.6% statewide before the last election but this time they are polling at 3.8% ... so hopefully that will reflect in votes
The SFFP came down to the GOTBA meeting last night and met with the committee ... meeting went really well as both groups have similar interests .. i guess you'll be hearing more about that
Mate ... put it out there
Terry Jordan Australia (Verified User) Posts 6013 Dogs 0 / Races 0 12 Nov 2018 00:20
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Terrific effort Geoff, All the best (We need more courageous people like you) in our Industry. Will be watching in NSW with bated breath. We face the same Demons next March!
Doug Smart Australia (Verified User) Posts 867 Dogs 1 / Races 0 12 Nov 2018 00:34
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TO bad you ain't running for a federal seat you would have had greyhound people from all over Australia voting for you, anyway all the best in your State election, if they want a good man than your their man.
Michael Geraghty Australia (Verified User) Posts 4138 Dogs 14 / Races 15 12 Nov 2018 00:34
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Well done, Geoff. Great to see! Please post here any details of media releases, promotions, speeches, your f/b blog, or anything else relevent so the masses can share far and wide. You need exposure and hopefully all of us can help. All the very best...this is EXACTLY what's needed!
For anyone who is helping at the polling booths, can you please take a billboard with you reading..."JUST A MORSEL OF HYPOCRISY" and stand behind the Animal Justice Party's stand.
Ray Brown Australia (Team Member) Posts 6225 Dogs 8 / Races 5 12 Nov 2018 04:17
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Good luck Geoff, Ill be watching and hoping with interest, god I hope both majors take a flogging or a dive at least.
Nathan Goodridge Australia (Verified User) Posts 293 Dogs 22 / Races 31 12 Nov 2018 06:50
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I wish you the best of luck Geoff. The shooters party is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the future
Geoff Collins Australia (Verified User) Posts 2010 Dogs 291 / Races 30 12 Nov 2018 07:01
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I had a Private Message question ... so I thought I would post the answer here as well ...
If you jump on the ABC site ... EXTERNAL LINK .. you can see how preferences are distributed ... remembering they are different for every seat .. that link is to my region so you'll have to search the other regions to see what is happening there
The Shooters have put the Greens and the AJP last in every seat
Also thanks for all the well wishes ... it's unknown territory for me but thought I'd have a shot
Rod Hampton Australia Posts 1626 Dogs 2993 / Races 11817 12 Nov 2018 08:14
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Onya Geoff, go for it
Geoff Collins Australia (Verified User) Posts 2010 Dogs 291 / Races 30 12 Nov 2018 10:20
Ross Farmer Australia (Verified User) Posts 208 Dogs 0 / Races 1 12 Nov 2018 21:48
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I do recall a comment (perhaps by Jeff Bourman - upper house Vic) that SFFP is really a human rights party that champions people doing legal things responsibly.
Was made in the context of a question about over-represented vocal minorities that seek to undermine others through self-proclaimed moral superiority.
Carly Absalom Australia (Verified User) Posts 215 Dogs 0 / Races 0 13 Nov 2018 01:53
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Geoff Collins wrote:
Kevin Wright wrote:
Good Luck Geoff . Do you need people to man the polling stations ...
Yes Kev ... I think they will ... the more the merrier ... we have to make this election count for us ... Labour will get in but what we don't want is them forming government with the Greens etc
The early booths have opened already and i drove by one this morning and the Animal Justice Party were set up and handing out pamphlets ... so it's game on
Good luck, Geoff.
It appears the ABC are going to try and help AJP at the elections. A questionable story on the horse industry in Victoria on 730 last night.
We need people willing to put themselves out there and speak for us, so thanks.
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