1 Territory Party

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1 Territory Party
LeaderBraedon Earley
Founded2015
Ideology Centrism
AreaFlag of the Northern Territory.svg  Northern Territory
Website
1territory.party

The 1 Territory Party is a registered political party in Australia's Northern Territory. It was registered with the Northern Territory Electoral Commission on 18 November 2015. [1]

Northern Territory federal territory of Australia

The Northern Territory is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It shares borders with Western Australia to the west, South Australia to the south, and Queensland to the east. To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other Indonesian islands. The NT covers 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 246,700, making it the least-populous of Australia's six states and two territories, with fewer than half as many people as Tasmania.

Northern Territory Electoral Commission territory electoral commission in Australia

The Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) is an independent government agency of the Government of the Northern Territory with responsibility for the conduct of elections for the unicameral NT Legislative Assembly, referendums and local government (Council) elections. It also determines electoral boundaries for the NT and provides electoral advice and services to government and on-government agencies. It is also responsible for electoral research, registration of political parties and tracking of their finances, and promoting public awareness of elections. The NTEC was established on 15 March 2004, by the Electoral Act 2004.

The party's founder is Braedon Earley, a former president of the Country Liberal Party (CLP), and more recently a member of the Palmer United Party. Another former CLP president, Sue Fraser-Adams, is also a member. Earley announced his intention to establish a new party in June 2015, although its name was not announced until later. It described its ideology as "straight down the middle." The party required its members to undergo psychological and drug testing before being allowed to run, and adhere to a strict code of conduct. Earley said that anyone who turned into "a hubris idiot" would be expelled in short order. [2] [3]

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The party's first announced policy was to implement a ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). [4]

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At the 2016 Northern Territory election, 1 Territory ran candidates in thirteen out of the 25 Legislative Assembly seats, with only the CLP and the Labor Party running more candidates. [5] Prior to the election, it was suggested that 1 Territory would primarily attract disaffected CLP voters. [6] The party won 3.6% of the vote, and no seats in the assembly.

2016 Northern Territory general election election in Australia

The 2016 Northern Territory general election was held on Saturday 27 August 2016 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament.

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly legislative house of the unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the only house of the Parliament of the Northern Territory, Australia. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected for single-member electorates. The voting method changed in February 2016 from full-preferential voting to optional preferential voting. The term of the Legislative Assembly is four years, and elections are on the fourth Saturday in August of the fourth year after the previous election, but can be earlier in the event of a no confidence vote in the Government. The last election for the Legislative Assembly was the 2016 election held on 27 August 2016. The next election is scheduled for 22 August 2020.

Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party , commonly known as Territory Labor is the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party. It has been the governing party of the Northern Territory since winning the 2016 election under Michael Gunner. It previously held office from 2001 to 2012.

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References

  1. ↑ Register of Political Parties in the Northern Territory Archived 31 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – NTEC. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Fred McCue (5 June 2015). "Candidates for new political party in Northern Territory will have to undertake psychological testing" – NT News . Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "New NT political party to have 'no hubris idiot' policy". 105.7 ABC Darwin. 23 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Emma Masters (24 July 2015). "Proposed new political party in the Northern Territory reveals first policy: 'say no to fracking'" – ABC News. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ↑ 2016 Territory Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Rolf Gerritsen, "State of the states: how local politics in the Northern Territory could muddy the federal vote", The Conversation , 17 June 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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