Bullet Train for Australia explained
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]
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- Web site: Australian Electoral Commission . Register of Political Parties . 3 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816034603/http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registered_parties/bullet-train.htm . 16 August 2013 . dead.
- Gray, Darren: "Validating her ticket aimed at biting the bullet on railways", in The Age, 3 September 2013
- Anderson, Stephanie: "Bullet Train could be your ticket, unless you're a stiff", in The Canberra Times, 25 June 2013
- Elections ACT: "2012 Results by Electorate and by Party", 14 January 2013
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/bitter-dispute-erupts-over-senate-preferences-in-queensland/4939300 Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
- http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/special-features/alliance-of-micro-parties-boosts-odds-for-likes-of-one-nation-or-shooters-and-fishers-gaining-senate-spot-through-preferences/story-fnho52jp-1226713114765 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
- Web site: Candidates for the 2016 federal election . 11 June 2016 . 11 June 2016 . Australian Electoral Commission.
- Web site: Bullet Train for Australia Voluntary Deregistration. AEC. 25 May 2017.
