Policy and Preselection Meeting 2013/Candidates

= Senate Candidates =

New South Wales
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David William Campbell
Senate in NSW|

I have been heavily involved with the party in its formative years and I live and breathe our platform in my day to day life. I am technically educated and socially skilled enough to fully comprehend and break down our platform to the general public and help bridge the knowledge gap of those who struggle with the issues we are fighting. Having previously worked in the internet industry I have a clear perspective on our many privacy and security policies. I'm a trustworthy individual who prefers to cut though the chaff and speak plainly so that I am clearly understood. I'm married with two kids and have a house in the suburbs with a white picket fence, I'm a Rotarian and I have no dodgy social interests or engagements that would call the party into disrepute.|

I am in the position in my life where I want to and can contribute more to society. I am frustrated with overwhelmingly draconian and Orwellian law trends as we bow to multinational corporations and fearful warmongering super powers. I see a chance for myself and the party to improve our nation and protect key civil rights whilst pushing the Pirate Party platform as a member of the Australian Senate.|

I have managed our IT systems, attended rallies, spread flyers, garnered national news coverage for helping people fight the internet filter, I have also been President of the Party for 2 years now. I will be a staunch and steadfast representative of the Party and use my experience thus far with the general public and the media to present a transparent, professional and earnest Political Party and fight for our stated goals and platform/policies.|

I agree with and personally pursue all of the current Pirate Party platform and ideals and I am dedicated to the Pirate Party cause. Pirate Party Australia is my first venture into politics having not previously having an interest in politics beyond major issues that divide the nation.|


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Brendan Molloy
Senate in NSW|

While having a primarily administrative role within the Party for the last 3 years, I have been required to field interviews and requests from the media, so I am experienced in communicating our message with the media and am not stressed by such an environment.

I am able to communicate complex ideas with a variety of audiences, which is important for a potential Senate candidate. I have a deep understanding of the Party platform, and strongly believe in the positions we have democratically determined will be taken into the upcoming election.

I have experience dealing with freedom of information requests, active campaigning such as the organisation and execution of protests and flash mobs, managing the day to day workings of the Party itself, and consulting with the member base on the issues.

I have at least three years experience liaising with government groups, politicians, the media and the public. I believe I am the most suitable candidate to be leading our Senate group in New South Wales.|

I deeply believe the issues that the party represents&mdash;intellectual rights reform, privacy reforms, transparency reforms, stopping data retention, and standing against censorship&mdash;are very important issues that are overlooked time and time again by the major and minor parties.

I am especially distressed by the future introduction of a data retention regime beyond the already fundamentally unbalanced "cybercrime" laws we had implemented in order to accede to the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention.

The pervasiveness of the proposed data retention regime as outlined in the National Security Inquiry implements a pervasive and indiscriminate system of surveillance unseen since the fall of some Soviet-era despotisms, while also reversing the legal concept of innocent until proven guilty. We cannot allow the implementation of a system of pervasive and unfettered surveillance.|

I have been with the Pirate Party since shortly after its inception, and have been a representative of the Pirate Party since 2010 as Secretary. I was instrumental in the registration of Pirate Party Australia in order for us to compete under the party label in the upcoming Federal election.

I represent the party platform and values in public life, such as attending forums like auIGF and Australian Digital Alliance copyright forums, discussing the Pirate perspective on these matters and gaining supporters.

I have attended treaty negotiation public briefings for ACTA and the TPP, and continue our campaign against opacity in trade agreements, such as with a recent freedom of information request for the TPP documents and requests for further information about legislative changes as a result of previous treaties that included IP chapters.|

The Pirate Party was the first and only party that I have been a member.

There was no other party that fulfilled my expectations of a group focused entirely on solving the issues, without an overbearing philosophical doctrine or factionalism.

I fully believe in the principles of the Party, and believe that we can make a fundamental difference to the future of Australian legislation with our unique understanding and insight into the issues of transparency and privacy in the information age.|


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