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Party registration decisions
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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