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It is the duty of a party to be democratic. Which means that, whatever our personal views are, we are aspiring to serve the public. This is why we must be able to isolate our own egos and look at ourselves critically. In saying that elections are a chaotic time for everyone who gives their time to help and where there’s chaos, there are mistakes, and it is important we reflect on what happened. In addition to congratulating people on their efforts and what went well, we must also commit ourselves to working out what went wrong, how we can fix it in the future, and how to cope better with problems we are likely to face again in elections to come.

So firstly, a sincere thankyou to everyone who invested their passion, effort, and time in helping the Fusion party. We are volunteers and literally nothing happens without you.

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This is a special message to our non-candidate volunteers who joined our nationwide electoral campaign over the last few weeks.

You are our key to an evidence-led, humanist future in this country! 

I believe in the power of a grassroots, volunteer based movement. Although our candidates lead the way with ideas and presence, it's only with your help as volunteers that we gain any traction or visibility. It's you volunteers that collectively put in far more to our movement than any of our candidates can alone. It's from you as volunteers that we gain democratic legitimacy. 

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Some people have the view that AI art steals jobs from human artists, and others argue that AI wastes electricity. Here we explore these claims and clarify whether it's ethical for Fusion to use AI art on our website.

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Seeming as Fusion has policies that would change Australian society as a root level, some of these changes would inevitably affect relationships and in turn, domestic violence − an issue that continues to plague modern societies around the world.

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With Fusion's policies offering fundamental shifts in our society, it's interesting to explore how they'll effect different demographics of Australians. Here we explore how older Australians will be able to experience a different nation if they vote Fusion.

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During the election campaign for Wills, we were invited to a candidate forum where refugees were discussed. Here we explore how Fusion's values guide our approach to the issue.

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A perennial issue for voters is what the government is going to do about their immediate surroundings − their home and their surrounding streets.

Although streets are largely under the mandate of councils and state governments, Fusion does have some federal policies which could end up making an even larger difference when it comes to shaping neighbourhoods into places that people love.

Canning Street in Carlton. Photo: Owen Miller

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As funding declines for the ABC and as artists increasingly worry about how AI will affect their jobs, people are reaching out to Fusion to ask, "will you raise your voice for Australia's storytellers?"

So let's explore how Fusion's policies will assist in this space.

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With the election campaign now in full swing, many Brunswick residents are coming to recognise what has been brewing for months now − a grassroots movement with big ideas to fix the issues throughout our society.

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