Advance Australia Party (2010)

Advance Australia Party
LeaderRay Brown
Founded2010
RegisteredJune 2010
Dissolved2021
Website
www.advanceaustraliaparty.org.au

The Advance Australia Party, formerly the Building Australia Party,[1] was a minor political party in Australia, advocating the rights of the building industry. First registered in New South Wales, it achieved federal registration in June 2010, but was deregistered in May 2015.[2] However, the party was still active for several years afterwards on a state level, sending out candidates for the New South Wales Hills Shire Council and Mayoral elections in 2017.[3][4] The Advance Australia Party was deregistered on 13 August 2019.[5]

The party was founded out of discontent with state and federal governments that push regulations which the founders of the Building Australia Party believe hold back the Australian building and building design industry.[6] Its policies are centred on the building industry and housing affordability,[7] but also include supporting a nurse-to-patient ratio in NSW and encouraging environmental sustainability.[8]

At the 2010 federal election, the party nominated candidates for the Australian Senate in three states (New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia), and also contested three House of Representatives seats: Bennelong, Greenway, and Macarthur, but did not receive enough votes to enter either house. It contested seats at the NSW State election in March 2011.[9] The party contested at the 2013 federal election for senate seats in NSW,[10] Victoria,[11] Queensland,[12] and South Australia,[13] however they failed to win any seats.

The party is led by Raymond Brown,[14] a building designer and the Past National President of the Building Designers Association of Australia.[15] He has served as the Deputy Mayor of the Hills Shire Council and was a councillor between 1991 and 1995.[16]

The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.[17][18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Closed - Building Australia Party - New page AdvanceAustralia". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Registration of the Building Australia Party". Australian Electoral Commission. June 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Local election information". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ "NSWEC Candidates Website". candidates.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Electoral Act 2017 Cancellation of the Registration of a Political Party" (PDF). www.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Building Australia Party". Building Australia Party. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  7. ^ David Wheeldon (24 March 2011). "Building Australia Party sets hopes high for NSW election". Building Products News. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Party objectives". Building Australia Party. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  9. ^ "Building Australia Party". Building Australia Party. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  10. ^ "Voting in NSW, 2013 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Voting in Victoria, 2013 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Voting in Queensland, 2013 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Voting in South Australia, 2013 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Building Australia Party". Building Australia Party. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  15. ^ "About Us". Regency Design Centre. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  16. ^ "Historical list of Councillors of The Hills Shire from 1906". The Hills.
  17. ^ Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
  18. ^ 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

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