Bullet Train for Australia

Bullet Train For Australia
LeaderTim Bohm
Founded2012
Registered17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
Dissolved23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)
Political positionSingle-issue advocating high-speed rail in Australia
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Bullet Train for Australia, formerly known as Bullet Train for Canberra, was an Australian political party, registered from 2013 to 2017. It was a single-issue party campaigning for a fast implementation of high-speed rail. It advocated that the first stage of the bullet train should run from Melbourne to Newcastle via Canberra and Sydney, and be built within 5 years.[1][2]

The party first contested the 2012 ACT election, gaining around 9,000 votes,[3] representing 4% of first preference votes.[4] The party was renamed to Bullet Train For Australia in 2013 and had 18 candidates in the federal election that year, in the ACT, NSW and Victoria.[2]

The party was involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.[5][6]

The party fielded four candidates for seats in the House of Representatives in the ACT, NSW and Victoria in the 2016 federal election.[7]

On 23 May 2017, the Australian Electoral Commission approved the party's application for voluntary deregistration.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Register of Political Parties". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b Gray, Darren: "Validating her ticket aimed at biting the bullet on railways", in The Age, 3 September 2013
  3. ^ Anderson, Stephanie: "Bullet Train could be your ticket, unless you're a stiff", in The Canberra Times, 25 June 2013
  4. ^ Elections ACT: "2012 Results by Electorate and by Party", 14 January 2013
  5. ^ Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
  6. ^ Alliance of micro parties boosts odds for likes of One Nation or Shooters and Fishers gaining Senate spot through preferences: Daily Telegraph 5 September 2013
  7. ^ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Bullet Train for Australia Voluntary Deregistration" (PDF). AEC. Retrieved 25 May 2017.


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