21/05/2026
It’s all happening at Gherk HQ!
The Australian Democrats have approached the jar.
Ryan Parris, Victorian & Tasmanian President of the Australian Democrats, has reached out with an idea...
They’re willing to answer questions from this page... good, bad, tough, sceptical, awkward, policy-heavy, whatever the jar wants to throw at them.
To be very clear: this is not an endorsement.
I’m not joining a party, polishing a how-to-vote card, or being paid in secret centrist cucumber coupons.
But the jar is approachable to most people who come in good faith.
You don’t have to pass some ideological purity test. If someone is willing to front up, answer questions, and cop scrutiny without hiding behind press-release fog, I’m usually willing to hear them out.
And I do like the idea of political parties having to answer real questions from real people outside the usual scripted nonsense.
So here’s the plan....
Drop your questions below.
Housing.
Tax.
Climate.
Democracy.
Corruption.
Gambling reform.
Media ownership.
Minor party strategy.
Preferences.
Immigration.
Cost of living.
Whatever you genuinely want answered.
If they answer properly, great.
If they dodge, we’ll notice.
That’s the deal.
Democracy, but with pickles.
