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Bullet Train for Australia

Bullet Train for Australia

Political party in Australia

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]

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


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