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]
Bullet Train For Australia | |
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| Leader | Tim Bohm |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Registered | 17 May 2013 |
| Dissolved | 23 May 2017 |
| Political position | Single-issue advocating high-speed rail in Australia |
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| Home - Bullet Train for Australia | |
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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- ^ "Register of Political Parties". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
- ^ 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
- ^ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Bullet Train for Australia Voluntary Deregistration" (PDF). AEC. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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