Bullet Train for Australia

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Orthogonal1 (talk | contribs) at 09:44, 14 October 2016 (Revert to previous version as Like Canberra and Bullet Train are surprisingly different parties. It's all insanity.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Bullet Train For Australia
ConvenorTim Bohm
Political positionsingle-issue advocating high-speed rail in Australia
Website
bullettrainforaustralia.com.au

Bullet Train for Australia is an Australian political party, registered in 2013.[1] It is a single-issue party campaigning for a fast implementation of high-speed rail. It advocates 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 has been 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]


References

  1. ^ "Register of Political Parties". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b Gray, Darren: "Validating her ticket aimed at biting the bullet on railways", in The Age, 3 September 2013
  3. ^ Anderson, Stephanie: "Bullet Train could be your ticket, unless you're a stiff", in The Canberra Times, 25 June 2013
  4. ^ Elections ACT: "2012 Results by Electorate and by Party", 14 January 2013
  5. ^ Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

External links

Stub icon

This article about politics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bullet_Train_for_Australia&oldid=744292356"