Victorian Candidates

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Steve Clancy

 

Steve was born and raised in Wonthaggi, on Victoria’s south-east coast.  He moved to Melbourne in 2000 to attend Swinburne University before leaving study to work in the insurance industry. 

Steve has previously stood as a candidate in both State and Federal elections.   He first stood as a Liberal candidate for the seat of Pascoe Vale in the 2002 Victorian State elections.  This was followed by his Victorian Senate candidacy for liberals for forests in the 2004 Federal election. 

He attended the Centre for Independent Studies’ Liberty and Society Program in 2001 and participated in Bureaucrash’s Operation Capitalism Heals, Bangkok, 2003.

Steve currently works as a general insurance broker in Melbourne’s bayside and attends Melbourne Japanese Christian Church in Canterbury. 

Geoff Saw

Geoff is a small business owner from Melbourne and a longstanding advocate for the principles of economic freedom, individual liberty and small government. He has a particular interest in the liberalisation of immigration policy and the protection of private property rights.

In his spare time Geoff is a keen chess player. He was the 1998 Australian Junior Chess Champion and was awarded the title of “Master” by the World Chess Federation in 1999. He is currently the Victorian delegate to the Australian Chess Federation Council.

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Clinton Gale (Bendigo)

 

Clinton grew up in the Gippsland region of Victoria. After a rather average stint at high school he travelled across Australia, spending a year in WA only to return to Melbourne where he spent five years in the dry cleaning industry while completing VCE.

He took a private interest in the works of Edward de Bono and Ayn Rand resulting in a more comfortable career position in administration and an interest in politics as a branch of philosophy.

Clinton has been the vice president of the Victorian LDP branch since its formation in early 2007 and was a volunteer campaigner for Prodos Marinakis in the recent State by-election for Albert Park.

Sukrit Sabhlok (Corangamite) 

Sukrit migrated to Australia from India as a 13 year old, and regularly returns to the sub-continent to visit friends and family. He is currently completing undergraduate degrees in Arts and Law at the University of Melbourne.

Sukrit is passionate about immigration policy, and believes the freer movement of people is both economically beneficial and morally just.

In 2007, he attended the Liberty and Society Conference organised by the Centre for Independent Studies.

Sukrit is a keen writer, and has been published in a variety of newspapers and magazines. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis.

Nick Stevenson (Deakin)

Nick Stevenson holds a BSc from the University of Melbourne and is currently a student at Monash University. From his family experience Nick was taught how lucky we are in Australia: we have the free market system that’s made Australia rich and we have free government.

He was attracted to the LDP because of its low tax, low regulation, individual choice policies. 

Nick says ‘The Coalition and Labor are both terrible. Billions of dollars of taxpayers money are constantly being wasted. Small businesses are tied up in red tape.  Civil liberties and freedom of speech have been eroded. Politicians use the law to control people’s private lives. You don’t have to approve of everything someone else does to accept that some things just aren’t the government’s business.’

‘Some of the LDP’s policies, like legalising marijuana and gay marriage are usually called left wing. Others, like cutting taxes and relying more on private schools and health care are called right wing. But the LDP isn’t right wing or left wing. It’s pro-freedom.’

Nick can be contacted at ldp4deakin@gmail.com

Robert Norrie (Isaacs)

 

Robert is a university student studying economics. As a result of his father being in the Army, he grew up in many places including Townsville, Port Moresby (PNG), Melbourne, Canberra, Cooma, and Aix en Provence (France).

He became involved with the LDP after studying political economy as part of his degree.

Robert’s interest include reading, foreign cinema, and going out with friends.

Robert Newnham (McEwen)

 

I was born in Inverell in New South Wales, grew up on a farm nearby and attended Inverell High School. When I was 18 I moved to Brisbane to pursue a retail career, and by age 19 I was managing a Fresh Produce department for Woolworths.

I have a keen interest in world travel and I recently proposed to my fiancee who comes from Texas, USA. We plan to get married in Hawaii in January.

I’m now 21 and completing a Bachelor of Economics at the University of Queensland. I signed up to be a candidate for the LDP because I believe we live under a government that robs its citizens of many rights. A smaller government would be a benefit to Australia’s economy and protect the liberty of its citizens.