Branch Stacking in Australian Political Electorates Explained

After the recent 60 minutes episode that exposed widespread corruption within one of Australia's leading political parties, we decided to talk about local political branches, branch stacking, and pre-selection in order to try and help people gain a better understanding of the inner workings of your local political party.

Show Notes:

01:30 What is a branch 

06:25 Branch structure

07:45 Morgan recaps branches and structure

08:45 How to join a branch

11:45: What is Pre-selection

15:00 Why Branch Stacking happens

19:00 Morgan recaps

20:00 Victorian ALP branch stacking

21:45 Voting process in branches

23:30 Why a normal person would get involved at a branch level

26:20 Disregard your political heritage and read the policies.

31:20 The most lit party Morgan attended.

32:28 Problems with political ideology at branch levels

33:15 Don’t complain, get involved

34:15 Grassroots politics

35:00 Anna’s alternative option