He may be somebody that you used to know as a musician — but singer Gotye, aka Wally De Baker, is fast becoming known as a politician in Australia.
De Baker, along with fellow musicians Kris Schroeder and Tim Heath, have formed the Basics Rock 'n' Roll Party (BRRP). They plan to run on November 29 against what they call "lifelong politicians."
"We have these career politicians who often come from well-to-do families... They are groomed in to becoming these life-long politicians that have no other life experience outside of either being in the young Liberals or young Labor, and becoming a Member of Parliament," Schroeder told the Australian Associated Press.
"We've all got higher education degrees so we're not just musicians, but we haven't come up through any political ideology we just care about certain things like indigenous affairs and education."
The party's three platforms are innovation, education and rock 'n' roll, and their aims include improving aboriginal education, compulsory first aid training in high schools, tightening environmental protections, improving mental health resources, banning alcohol advertising and providing more access to music in rural areas.
In order to become candidates for the November election, the party needs 500 members registered with the Victorian Electoral Commission, and they are using their Facebook page to help spread the word and to outline their policies.
They also hope that, if they have success at the state level, they will eventually be able to take their message to the national stage.
"A lot of the issues we're discussing are really federal issues, I can see that being an arena for the future," said Schroeder.
But Gotye and his fellow musicians are not abandoning music. Schroeder says they have also completed 16 tracks, some of which will be released "this side of Christmas" as an EP.
by Jennifer Van Evra via Electronic RSS
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