PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have both pledged not to strike any deals with minor parties or independents to form government if neither party gains a majority in its own right.
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Redland Times reporter Judith Kerr asked the five Bowman candidates how they would allocate their preferences.
Voters must number every box for lower house candidates for votes to be valid.
John Wayne (Palmer United Party)
Personally, I like the "first past the post is the winner" concept. However that is not our current system. The party executive has determined that Family First in the "top box" position will receive our number 2 vote, followed by LNP third, ALP fifth and GREENS fourth. So top to bottom 2,3,5,4,1
Andrew Laming (LNP) Unlike Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott has shown strong leadership on preference deals and has decided that the LNP will preference Labor ahead of the Greens in every seat across Australia, including in Bowman. After the chaos and dysfunction of the last Labor-Greens minority government, we won't do deals with any minor parties or form minority government in the event of a hung parliament.
Penny Allman-Payne (The Greens) I strongly believe that people should decide preferences not parties, so I'll be running on an open ticket here in Bowman. My message to voters will simply be to Vote 1 Penny Allman-Payne, and then number the remaining boxes in the order that they choose. And to ensure it's a valid vote, I'll be reminding voters to number EVERY box.
Darryl Briskey (ALP) In terms of voting preferences my How to Vote card reflects the following - 1 Darryl Briskey ALP, 2 Penny Allman-Payne Green, 3 John Wayne PUP, 4 Andrew O'Shea Family First, 5 Andrew Laming LNP.
Andrew O'Shea (Family First) Our preferences will go 1 Family First, 2 PUP, 3 LNP, 4 ALP and 5 Greens.
