The ABC reports that the Party was initially formed "to represent four-wheel drive enthusiasts" but "now under new management" it's more broadly opposed to the nanny state.
Candidate David Leyonhjelm says speed limits are a case in point.Mr Leyonhjelm appears to have been a candidate and Treasurer for the Liberty & Democracy Party, the libertarian microparty that attracted attention because its ACT Senate candidate Lisa Milat was the sister-in-law of convicted serial killer Ivan Milat. He doesn't seem to have been keen on seatbelts, bicycle helmets, gun control (the Howard Government restrictions were dismissed as "illogical and unjust"), restrictions on access by 4WDs to national parks and - of course - taxes. En route to the ORP he's apparently been a member of the Libs and NSW Chair of the Shooters' Party. "When the Shooters Party was deregistered by the AEC just prior to the federal election in 2004, he enlisted the Outdoor Recreation Party to run a team for the Senate and marginal NSW seats."
"We have revenue raising, masquerading as safety," he said.
Mr Leyonhjelm says all speed limits should be removed temporarily so they can be re-calibrated naturally.
"Measure the speeds at which drivers travel and drivers will travel at what they regard to be a safe speed," he said.
"Then you set the speed limit at the 85th percentile."
Mr Leyonhjelm also says motorists should be free to do burnouts.
"Law enforcement should not be worried about people doing silly things that endanger only themselves," he said.
"It should focus on danger to other people".
"So if you are doing a burnout and all that's likely to happen is you'll ruin your car, damage your tyres and leave some black marks on the road that's no business of anybody, especially not the police."
