Bullet Train for Australia

Bullet Train For Australia

Leader	Tim Bohm
Founded	17 May 2013 (2013-05-17)
Dissolved	23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)
Political position	Single-issue advocating high-speed rail in Australia
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Bullet Train for Australia was an Australian political party, registered from 2013 to 2017.^[1] 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.^[2]

The party grew out of the Bullet Train for Canberra party led by Tim Bohm, which at the 2012 ACT elections gained around 9,000 votes,^[3] representing 4% of first preference votes.^[4] The party had 18 candidates in the 2013 federal election, in the ACT, NSW and Victoria.^[2]

The party was involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance.^[5]^[6]

The Bullet Train For Australia 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]

References[]

^ "Register of Political Parties". Australian Electoral Commission. 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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