Australia's First Nations Political Party
Australia's First Nations Political Party | |
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| Leader | Ken Lechleitner[1] |
| Headquarters | Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia[2] |
| Ideology | Indigenous rights and constitutional reform[3][4] |
| Website | |
| http://firstnationsaustralia.weebly.com | |
Australia's First Nations Political Party (AFNPP) was an Australian political party federally registered with the Australian Electoral Commission from 6 January 2011 until 15 August 2015 when it failed to demonstrate evidence of the required 500 party members.[5][6] The party is also no longer registered at a territory level.[7]
The party was founded by former independent candidate Maurie Japarta Ryan, grandson of Aboriginal Australian activist Vincent Lingiari.[4] The policies of the party focused on issues such as Northern Territory statehood and Aboriginal sovereignty.[4][3]
The party ran candidates including Warren H Williams in 8 of the 25 unicameral Northern Territory Parliament seats at the 2012 territory election on 2.2 percent of the territory-wide vote. They performed best in the seat of Stuart on 16.4 percent of the vote.[8]
The party ran two Northern Territory Senate candidates including Rosalie Kunoth-Monks at the 2013 federal election on 1.4 percent of the Northern Territory Senate vote.[9]
The party changed their name in November 2013 from "Australian First Nations Political Party" to "Australia's First Nations Political Party".[10]
References
- ↑ "First Nations Maurie Ryan stands down". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ AEC redirection page - Australian Electoral Commission
- 1 2 "Official launch of Australia's first Aboriginal political party near the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- 1 2 3 "First Nations Political Party formed". The Adelaide Advertiser. 11 January 2011.
- ↑ Notice of change to the Register of Political Parties
- ↑ "Australia’s First Nations Political Party". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ Register of Political Parties in the Northern Territory: NTEC
- ↑ Legislative Assembly General Election - 25 August 2012
- ↑ FIRST PREFERENCES BY GROUP - NT, AEC, 10 October 2013.
- ↑ Application to change party name approved - Australia’s First Nations Political Party, Australian Electoral Commission, 14 November 2013.
