Before each election FamilyVoice Australia (formerly Festival of Light Australia) sends candidates a questionnaire with ten statements on family-related issues.  Candidates are invited to express their agreement or otherwise with each statement on the scale: Yes definitely, Probably, Unsure, Unlikely, Definitely not, or No comment.

FamilyVoice survey scoring rewards openness and honesty.  Failure to acknowledge the survey scores zero.  A response to the survey is scored separately for each question: full agreement (Yes Definitely) scores 10, Probably = 7, Unsure = 5, Unlikely = 3, total opposition (Definitely Not) = 2 and No Comment = 1.  The total score for all 10 questions thus ranges from 0 to 100.