Overview
Vote 1 Local Jobs was a minor political party in the state of Victoria, Australia. It was registered as a political party by the Victorian Electoral Commission on 3 November 2014, in time for the 2014 state election.
Policies and philosophy
The Vote 1 Local Jobs party is mainly concerned with employment issues in Victoria's Western District.
The party's key policies at the 2014 election included:
Opposition to foreign ownership/investment of agricultural land
Legislating against the 'dumping' of foreign products in Australia
Decentralising government services from major cities to make services easier to access by people in country areas
Cutting the $50 million the government spends on the Grand Prix and injecting these funds into Western Victoria’s roads
Creating government incentives to encourage job creation in Western Victoria
Support of jumps racing
Support of camping and fishing in public reserves.
In 2015 the party voted in favour of an exemption for religious institutions to deny same-sex couples access to adoption.
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