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2009 Party registration decisions and changes

Updated: 21 January 2013

Legal opinion related to party registration

  • Legal opinion on similar names (published July 2009)

Statements of Reasons for Party registration decisions

  • 4Change – 24 December 2009
  • National Party of Australia, N.S.W – 24 December 2009
  • Nuclear Disarmament Party of Australia – 1 December 2009
  • Country Liberals (Northern Territory) – 14 October 2009
  • Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy – 14 October 2009
  • Shooters and Fishers Party – 8 September 2009
  • Australian Sex Party – 5 August 2009
  • One Nation Western Australia – 1 July 2009
  • Cheaper Petrol Party – 26 June 2009
  • Northern Territory Country Liberal Party, refusal of name change – 12 June 2009
  • Progressive Labour Party – 1 June 2009
  • Communist Alliance – 16 March 2009
  • Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party, Decision on Review – 19 February 2009
  • Liberal National Party of Queensland – 18 February 2009

See Also

  • 2013 Party Registration Decisions
  • 2012 Party Registration Decisions
  • 2011 Party Registration Decisions
  • 2010 Party Registration Decisions
  • 2008 Party Registration Decisions
  • 2007 Party Registration Decisions

Further Information

  • AEC Policy on Party Registration Decisions
  • Information on objecting to an application for party registration
  • Extract from the CEA in relation to Party Registration Decisions [PDF 42KB]
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